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Happy Birthday - Aiguille de l'Évêque

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Happy Birthday: Aiguille de l'Évêque, Grandes Jorasses, Richard Tiraboschi, Tommaso Vection, Giuseppe Vidoni 28/01/2023

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First ascent

Giuseppe Vidoni, Richard Tiraboschi, Tommaso Vection 28/01/2023

Giuseppe Vidoni

Height

3258m

Difficulty

AI4, M6, ED

Route

Happy Birthday winds its way up a long couloir, past ice runnels and compact snow up the righthand side of the south face of Aiguille de l'Évêque in the Grandes Jorasses group of the Mont Blanc massif. 1000m high, it provided difficulties up to AI 4+, M6, ED and ends on the last step of ice below a snowfield, close to the summit ridge.

Getting there
From Courmayeur reach Val Ferret. Itinerary
P1: 50m AI4
P2: 50m AI3
P3: 55m AI4
P4: 50m AI4
P5: 30m gully
P6: 60m AI 4
P7: 50m canale
P8: 50m AI 4+
P9: 60m AI 3
P10: 50m AI3
P11: 40m AI 4
P12: a dx 20m+20m+30m M6
straight up the gully 60m
P13: 60m gully
P14: 60m gully
P15: 100m AI2 gully
v16: 60m AI4+
P17: 60m AI 2 gully
P18: 60m AI 3
P19: 60m AI 3
Descent
Abseil down the route, 60m ropes.