Climbers on a 450-Metre 5.13d in the Alpine
A new video has been released featuring climbers on one of the most technical alpine routes in the Alps
In 1997, Arnaud Petit, Stephanie Bodet, Pascal Gaudin and Jean-Paul Petit made the first ascent of Voie Petit, a 450-metre granite alpine route up the east face of Grand Capucin near Chamonix. They resorted to aid for the steepest parts.
In 2005, Alexander Huber, who was one of the world’s best big wall climbers at the time, made the first free ascent of Voie Petit at 5.13d. After his ascent, Huber said, “The 450-meter route has some 16 pitches; the hardest pitch goes at 8b [5.13]. But even with the crux behind you, near the summit another delicate but beautiful 8a [5.13b] pitch awaits, with the best sort of granite. The route may be the hardest at this altitude in Europe.”
It has since been repeated by several other climbers, including the late David Lama in 2010 and Nina Caprez in 2019. In a recently released video, we get to see Christophe Dumarest and Symon Welfringer working their way up the classic test-piece. Watch below.
Voie Petit
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