Vertainspitze Nordwand - 06/2014

Objective : Vertainspitzze Nordwand, bis 90°
Team : Tilmam, Georg
Date : 21.06.2014

Tilman the sheep whisperer - on the approach to the Duesseldorfer Huette	Business as usual: Nighttime approach to the Vertainspitze northface	Getting ready for some ice climbing	Which proved to be more difficult than thought - the 1st pitch contained 20m of 90° rotten ice
Tilman in the 1st pitch	Tilman in the 60° 2nd pitch	No more freezing for today!	On the bright side of life
Tilman in the 3rd pitch.	After 4 pitches we put the ropes in the backpacks..	..and gain the final 300 Hm in quite good snow conditions.	Tilman on the saddle 50m below the summit, with the Duesseldorfer Huette
Last meters	Last meters	Vertainspitze summit	Vertainspitze summit
Vertainspitze summit	Descending via the Vertainspitze Nordostgrat (up to sections of grade II and rotten snow)	Crossing below on the Laaser Ferner...	...heading up to the Angelusscharte at 3337m...
...and finally descending to the Duesseldorfer Huette. Here: Route approach from the hut	Vertainspitze north face seen from descent	Tilman contemplating this morning's work	Roughly the location of the north face route, seen from he Duesseldorfer Huette.
Panorama of Koenigsspitze, Monte Zebru and the Ortler Hintergrat on the right side.	Tilman and the Ortler	Back in Sulden