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Fracastorus** WI3+

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[Fracastorus, Freissinieres, 3 kb]Five pitches of WI3+ with a sixth of a short ice pillar. Bolted or tree belays.

Photo: Fracastorus, Freissinieres © mart rich
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This climb is in 23 logbooks, and on 1 wishlist.

NoelleG - 2nd - 13/Feb/13 with Claire Molloy

Difficult last pitch - steep short section to a small ice platform under a roof then right onto a face with really thin ice. Very balance and slow abseil trying not to knock any of the chandeliers onto climbers below.
Claire Molloy - 2nd - 13/Feb/13 with Murray Hamilton, Noelle

BallsOfSteel - AltLd O/S - 19/Feb/12 with steve peatfield

We did not do final cigar.
andrzej kierzek - Lead dnf - 01/Feb/12 with Tara

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 04/Jan/12

Drew M - AltLd O/S - 02/Jan/12 with Fabian

caught a large piece of ice with my spine, had to abb off after 2nd pitch
dannyW - 2nd - Jan/12 with fylde mountaineering club

creag - Feb/10

Didn't do the final cigar
Joris.Roulleau - Lead dnf - Feb/10 with Michael Hopert

Fully formed, including cigar on 3rd pitch which was nails for a WI3+
iksander - Jan/10

A little thin in places, top pitch not formed!
al99 - Lead O/S - 28/Dec/09 with Martina Zandonella

martinazando - 2nd O/S - 28/Dec/09 with Al Benson

khawk - AltLd O/S - 23/Feb/09

Hidden - AltLd - 03/Feb/09

Last pitch up the ice pillar felt a lot harder than WI3.
JWB - Lead O/S - 03/Feb/09 with Marc

Hidden - 2nd - 16/Jan/09

My first ever lead of any type! Kept calm in the company of lots of guys who knew what they were doing.
Charlie Evans - AltLd O/S - 06/Jan/09

lemon - AltLd - Jan/09 with Alex Stone

Hidden - Lead - Jan/09

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Jan/09

Led P2. P1 melting fast, P4 snow plod, P5 not in safe condition.
mart rich - AltLd O/S - 08/Feb/08 with Steve Moody, Steve Cox

Moodo - AltLd O/S - 08/Feb/08 with Mart rich

Stone Muppet - 2008

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Style of ascent

Lead5 of 23 (21.7%)
Followed5 of 23 (21.7%)
Alt Leads10 of 23 (43.5%)
Unknown3 of 23 (13.0%)

'Climbed'10 of 23 (43.5%)
clean O/S11 of 23 (47.8%)
dnf2 of 23 (8.7%)