Pete Whittaker Instagram – Great trip to the mountains with @seanvillanuevaodriscoll
We climbed a route (Yacaré) on Rafael which had been put up by The Odell brothers (@pedro_odell & @tomasodell3 ) in the last weather window
These guys are only 19 and 16, and I was very impressed with some of their leads on the lower half of the route which wandered through loose and chossy terrain.
Higher on the route there was an offwidth splitter pitch which hadn’t been fully freed. With Sean loving a good offwidth struggle as well, we got drawn into the idea of giving it ago.
Turned out to be quite tricky due to a lot of ice and verglass in the wide section. The pitch turned out to be 60m of incredible rock and incredible grovel, with a delicate slab move to connect the cracks.
If you want to see what climbing an icy offwidth is like…check out my last post 😅
Thanks Pedro and Tomas, and Happy Birthday Sean 🤙 | Posted on 12/Feb/2023 04:21:26
