22 July 1984

Possnecker Path, Italy

 The weather was still debatable again, so we chose to do another Via Ferrata, with the promise of better weather for the following day.

The massive rock outcrop rising from the other side of the valley from our campsite, and looking into the book we found a protected path that went up the cliffs and then ended on the summit. the map showed a route back.. long way but would be a good challenge.

We crossed over tot he other side and made our way to the left of the Sella towers.

The start of the climb was hidden in the back of a deep groove, reminiscent of some of the wet damp chimneys we had climbed in the last year or so,

We climbed up here behind a pillar using some pegs and ladder rungs.

Getting to the top of the chimney we worked back to the main wall and continued almost vertically up the rock wall.

Coming out of the top there was now a scree "step" which was quite a few meters to cross before we got to the next rock band.

From here we worked up the rocks to the summit plateau. the Actual top was a bit indistinct.

From here we headed south and headed back around to the road up to the pass, and back around to the camp site... A lot longer than we had thought, but we were relieved to get back to the tents.

A great day out