Alps and Turkey 2006
A story about our adventures in Monte Rosa massif (Italy) and Erciyes, Demirkazık and Kapadokya (Turkey)
In the morning we continue towards our first goal – the Italian resort Breuil-Cervinia (2000m), which is the starting point for climbing the Italian ridge (Liongrat) of Matterhorn (Monte Cervino) (4478m). The weather is awful - fog, wind and drizzle. The mountain guides tell us that after the major stonefall 20 days ago and the fresh snow the route is now impossible to climb. Since the weather forecast for the next week is quite disasterous we decide to give up. The only sunny day for the week is to be Tuesday and that's why we decide to resort to plan "B" - Monte Rosa massif (4634m), the second highest mountain in the Alps after Mont Blanc (4810m).
The starting point is the village of Tschaval (1825m) in the end of the Gressoney valley. Because of the bad weather we take the lift up the mountain to Passo Salati (2936m) and after a walk in the fog and snow we pitch our tent beside Punta Indren (3260m).
 Sorting our equipment |
 Upward in the fog |
 Hmmm, wasn't it summer now?!? |
 Punta Indren (3260m) |
