After a day of delays, hire car faff and getting on the busy Italian autostarda without a ticket (naughty Andy) we all arrived at Arco Italy. Arco is situated just north of lake Garda and is a bit of a rock climbers dream with lots of easily accessible limestone ranging from short sport crags through to huge multi pitch multi day epics. The trip was at the invitation of our German colleagues from Invia to go climbing and eat tasty Italian ice cream.
So with the promise of excellent cafe doppio (double espresso) and polished rock in our minds we trotted over to Italy to find both true. .
Although many Brits deride Arco as being too polished, we found if your prepared to make a little more effort and with quality beta from our German colleagues (thanks Thomas) some really good climbing can be found.
The first two days we're a nice mix of Via ferrata and going climbing, the team were climbing well, some of us even embracing and succeeding on the polish.
Although many Brits deride Arco as being too polished, we found if your prepared to make a little more effort and with quality beta from our German colleagues (thanks Thomas) some really good climbing can be found.
The first two days we're a nice mix of Via ferrata and going climbing, the team were climbing well, some of us even embracing and succeeding on the polish.
On our day of departure we decided to keep things interesting by attempting one of the many soaring multipitches in the valley. This greatly worried Thomas (head of Invia) who had visions of us having an epic and missing the flights, but despite the slightly worrying look of the thread runners which most of the route had been equipped with, the 3 teams of two pulled over the top of the cliff with plenty of time to spare. So after a well earned coffee down by the lake we left for the airport tried but satisfied.
Enjoy the photos of the M.E team having fun.
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