Overnight in a Cabin on a VERY Sharp Ridge

This is the Morion Ridge. A long set of unknown peaks and pinnacles located in the western part
of the Italian Alps. It’s a solitary place,
almost no one dares to climb it. But if you look closely,
you can see a little bright dot. It’s a cabin, Bivacco Pasqualetti,
and to get there, you need to hike and climb for multiple hours
on a sharp and exposed ridge. And this is the story of how I went there. And it all started with some hiking,
a lot of hiking. So we left the van and started our way up. Our goal was almost two thousand meters
above us. Valleys are really deep there. And after an hour of steady
hike in the forest, we reached a hut! Rifugio Crete Seche. Time for some water. By the way,
this is Marco, my adventure buddy. So we kept going up. The landscape became more and more rocky. And mountains
finally started to feel closer. So our ridge is there. We’re going to follow the snowy part,
then hop on the ridge and follow it till the bivouac. The Morion ridge a really long ridge
that almost no one climbs entirely. It takes several days to complete with
no water sources and a really bad rock. The bivouac is set that around 1/10 of it
and still, getting there is quite an adventure. This is the report of the climb. Honestly, I had no idea what to expect. I’m not much into proper climbing,
but I’m quite familiar with scrambling, ridges, especially on unstable
terrains like Dolomites. But this time was different. The route would be harder up
to fifth grade, and the exposure and overall environment
was something I never experienced before. So harness, rope, helmet and go. We reached the first peak in
just a few minutes and that’s when things started to get spicy. Almost half of the ridge and the bivouac should be behind those two towers. Now the harder part begins. on the final ridge, we are super close. it’s around 11 p.m. and it’s definitely time to sleep. I’m so tired, but at the same time
I’m extremely happy to be here. The way up has been long. We started at 10.30. We arrived here at like 7 p.m.,
so it was a pretty long one, like 9 hours and around 2000 meters. Like officially it’s like 1700. But the ridge is going up
and down out of time. So I’m pretty sure it’s close to 2000. And yeah, the ridge was also pretty, very sketchy,
pretty hard to climb for my skills. But at the same time,
I felt very, very confident. So I’m really, really happy. The first time I saw this bivouac was like
a couple of years ago, and I was like, Oh, I want to go there so bad. then I realized it was a pretty complicated climb. So I just waited and waited and waited. Now the opportunity came. I was physically fine. So it was such an incredible experience. And tomorrow
we’re going back the same way. So once again, so yeah. time to rest. I’ll see you tomorrow morning. When I woke up. Fog was coming and going around the bivouac. And I could see some amazing colors
in the sky. And then great views
of the surrounding mountains. matterhorn. Grand Combin. It almost felt like being in a theater
with the curtains raising at different acts. This is the amount of blankets
I slept this night with, probably ten kilos of blankets. It was pretty cold. So. One, two, three, four,
five groups this year. We are the sixth. By the time we were ready to go back, we were completely immersed in the fog. It can be tricky with terrain. the rock gets wet. It’s easier to lose orientation. No rescue can pick you up, but with no views around, no sounds, no wind. We had no distractions. It was just us and a sharp line to follow. we are down! So we left the ridge and the bivouac surrounded by the fog, like in the dream. To me it really felt like it. You know,
there are certain places that get so stuck in my head that the moment I’m there
and achieve that goal, I find it hard to believe it’s
actually real. And after two days
up in the mountains, we were back. Back from one of the most memorable adventures of my life. All right, so that’s the end of this
adventure I really hope you enjoyed. It took me so long to edit this video. I’ve been to the bivouac in late
September, if I remember correctly. So it took quite some months
to come up with this video, but I hope it was worth it. If you liked it,
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Hey! Welcome to a new video!

In this episode I’m exploring a very remote part of Western Alps (more precisely, Valpelline in Valle D’Aosta region) to climb a sharp ridge and reach a very solitary cabin: Bivacco Pasqualetti (3290m)

I had this adventure in mind for quite a long time and finally I made it happen!

the route to the bivak is not easy. almost 2000m D+ and a IV grade ridge with a few passages of V.

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00:00 intro
00:30 hiking
02:05 the ridge
05:20 sunset time
06:12 arrival + night
08:40 sunrise
09:46 morning
10:50 the way back
12:49 outro