Dolomites 2022 | Mick Follari

After the gallery of photos there are two videos to watch too.

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one of the views from the hotel of part of Cortina

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best ever. it's like a car wash for people.

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meeting up with my buddy Dylan

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Cortina d'Amprezzo, the pedestrian downtown

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so pretty, first night here

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gelato, of course. about 90 seconds before the whipped cream slid off and splatted

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view from our hotel

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looking back toward our hotel (behind this building)

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This is the Sas di Stria, whcih we climbed on our first day. Our route is around the mountain to the left, out of view

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Gondola headed up the Picolo Laguzoi

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Kashi approaching our 700' route on the Sass di Stria

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the area is peppered with WW1 trenches and tunnels (see if you can find it)

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views. near the middle of the frame you can see the CInque Torri (5 Towers) where we climbed the next day.

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kashi climbing a few hundred feet up

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and relaxing

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and climbing

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and climbing more

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and relaxing

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and climbing

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and climbing

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and relaxing. THat's the Marmolada in the background

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The Marmolada. This is the glacier that collapsed a few weeks ago, causing a tragedy.

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and climbing

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and more climbing

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last pitch before the top

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the summit of the Sass di Stria

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Looking toward the Sella Group in the distance

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signing the summit register.

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This is what she wrote. incredible kid. "Sometimes you have to do the hardest thing to have the best day of your life."

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WW1 tunnels used by the Austro-Hungarians to fight the Italias

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the descent off the mountain is an exploration of the trenches and tunnels

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Cortina and the views

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more Cortina, more views

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from downtown

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self-portrait.

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typical dinner with Kashi

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this is not an ugly area of the world

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from the base of the Cima Grande in the Cinque Torri (5 Towers). Our climb on the second day. That's a chairlift station with restaurant.

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views

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Kashi climbing

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not bad views

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The Sass di Stria in the middle, the climb from the first day

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closer up. if you look at the summit and come down the skyline to the left, and to the right of the other sub-spire, straight to that white-ish patch, that's our route.

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Summit of the tower, looking over at yesterday's climb

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The Cima Grande from below. It's about 300' tall

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never a bad time for a popsicle, but definitely after a day like this. 5 min walk from the climb

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Did I mention I'd live here?

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Rifugio where we parked the car.

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view from our room.

Video from halfway up the first day’s climb. Kashi hates pictures and always scowls when I try to take them.
Video from Sas di Stria climb.

Video from the top of the second day’s climb.

Video from top of Cima Grande, Cinque Torri