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'hasse-brandler' free solo
in august, alexander free soloed the diretissima on the cima grande di lavaredo - with no more than climbing shoes,
chalkbag and a helmet.
alexander spent in total six days in the route in order to be prepared for the ascent. on the first day he climbed,
together with guido unterwurzacher, the route ‚on sight', then he returned together with michi althammer. after five
days of training he was familiar to all the difficult moves of the route and, more important, he knew, which holds of
the not-ever-super-solid dolomite he can trust.
the diretissima of cima grande
the ‚hasse-brandler' on the 550 meters high, more-than-vertical north face was climbed first in 1958 by dietrich hasse,
lothar brandler, jörg lehne und sigi löw and was then considered to be the most difficult rockclimb ion the alps.
in 1987 kurt albert and gerold sprachmann became the first, who could freeclimb this impressive route and again it was among
the most difficult alpine freeclimbs in the alps.
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