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Contamine Route*** E1 5c

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[Exposed climbing on the immaculate 50m wall pitch, Contamine Route, Point Lachenal., 1 kb]Top quality granite crack climbing. Crux pitch well protected.

Ticklists: Rebuffat's 100 Finest Routes in the Mont Blanc Massif, Batoux's 100 finest routes in the Mont Blanc massif.

Photo: Exposed climbing on the immaculate 50m wall pitch, Contamine Route, Point Lachenal. © gav p
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This climb is in 28 logbooks, and on 28 wishlists.

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 18/Jun/13

Nice wee route.
Fultonius - AltLd O/S - 18/Apr/13 with Morgan, Searler

Hidden - 2013

Jay C - AltLd O/S - 22/Jul/12 with Geddas

Did a variation on this route, a few different pitches climbed
Bradders - AltLd - Jul/12

sgl - AltLd - 02/Apr/12 with Bart, viv

Brilliant climbing, interesting all the way and great quality rock.
Bart Shaw - AltLd O/S - 02/Apr/12 with Viv, Sam

liamo333 - 2012

Hidden - 2012

frost - AltLd O/S - 04/Oct/11 with D Almond

Amazing! Some of the best climbing I've ever done, especially the crux crack on the 50m wall, but all of it is good. Ropes got stuck twice on the raps which was fun!
Adam Booth - AltLd O/S - 31/Aug/11 with Steve Seale

gowla - AltLd dog - 31/Aug/11 with adam booth

Hidden - AltLd dnf - 28/Aug/11

Stuart led both hard pitches as I was suffering with the altitude. An excellent route. A classic of Chamonix granite climbing. Much more enjoyable than the Rebuffat route on the S Face of the Midi. Use the description in Piola's, (french), Tome 2 topo guide rather than the english edition as it also describes the other routes on the face, of which there are many. It's easy to end up on the wrong route as there are so many bits of gear around. The route itself has been equipped with twin bolt belays by the local guides, and there are about 10 pegs/stuck friends/wires etc in the route. We used a complete set of Metolius cams and a set of WC light rocks. 50m ropes will be sufficient. Enjoy.
GaryK - AltLd O/S - 17/Aug/11 with Stuart McAleese

charlesmfrench - AltLd O/S - 03/Aug/11 with Anette

Ben Briggs - Lead O/S - 26/Jun/11 with Luca

Hidden - AltLd - 24/May/11

stevepotter - 11/Sep/10 with Matt

Tobias at Home - 2010

Hidden - AltLd - 23/Aug/09

Dave Searle - Lead - 23/Jun/08 with john

zero six - AltLd O/S - 2007

dannyboy83 - AltLd O/S - Jul/05 with Felix Coxwell

feilx - AltLd O/S - 2005 with Dan Barbour

Hidden - AltLd - Jul/99

alkira - 26/Jun/94 with kerry atkey

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Apr/93

Approx date
Richard Weller - AltLd - 25/Jul/86 with john sanders

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Voting
Total votes cast 31
hard E20 of 11
E20 of 11
easy E28 of 11
hard E11 of 11
E12 of 11
easy E10 of 11
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HVS0 of 11
easy HVS0 of 11
hard 6a0 of 9
6a0 of 9
easy 6a0 of 9
hard 5c0 of 9
5c8 of 9
easy 5c0 of 9
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3 Stars11 of 11
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Style of ascent

Lead2 of 28 (7.1%)
Alt Leads20 of 28 (71.4%)
Unknown6 of 28 (21.4%)

'Climbed'13 of 28 (46.4%)
clean O/S13 of 28 (46.4%)
dogged1 of 28 (3.6%)
dnf1 of 28 (3.6%)