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Dolomites 30-Nov-2010 At 10:42:01 AM bones

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On 30/11/2010 One Day Hero wrote:
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>Marmolada.......never made it. By the time I thought I was prepared for
>the massive routes, I didn't feel like dying any more. There's some major
>ballache with the descent too, you have to cross a glacier (crampons?),
>then ride a cablecar ($$$?)
>

True, but the locals don't consider it too serious. I was overtaken by a runner in shorts and a singlet on the way up the ridge of Marmolada. Then, on the way down another crazy local talked me into taking the fast option down the glacier, riding a small plastic 'sled'. "Don't worry" he said, "I'll tell you when there is a crevasse coming!"