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Voodoo - Zauber: Voodoo-Zauber © Christoph Vonmetz
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First ascent
Simon Gietl, Andrea Oberbacher 16,17/19/09/2014. FFA: 07/08/2015
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Length
180m
Height
2718m
Difficulty
IX-

Route



Over a three day period in September 2014 the South Tyrolean mountaineers Simon Gietl and Andrea Oberbacher forged a new rock climb up Heiligkreuzkofel, also referred to as Sass de la Crusc. Voodoo-Zauber, climbs six independent pitches up the righthand side of the face, to the right of the Central Pillar put up in 1970 by Hans Frisch and P. Corradini, and to the left of Ihr Affen, established in 1994 by Christoph Hainz and Kurt Astner.

Voodoo - Zauber was climbed ground-up, without fixed ropes or bolts, and is dscribed by the first ascentionists as breaching "good quality rock, worth repeating."
Getting there
Take the motorway A22 to Bressanone, then continue along the SS49 through the Val Pusteria to S.Lorenzo. Continue along the SS244 through the Val Badia to Corvara. Alternatively, take the motorway A22 to Chiusa and continue along the SS242 up the Val Gardena to Passo Gardena and down to Corvara. At Corvara follow signs for La Villa - Pedraces. At Pedraces take the chairlift on the right to the refuge and church Santa Croce, from where the path leads off to the base of the routes. Access
From Santa Croce (2045m), beneath Sass dla Crusc, follow path no. 7 that leads beneath the mountain past scree slopes and alpine meadows up to the ferrata. The path initially leads over scree to then climb up rightwards. At the last level section bear left and scramble up to the base of the route. Descent
From the top of the route follow the crest and path right (south) to reach Furcla dla Crusc 2609m and the cables belonging to the ferrate. Walk down this to meet up with the path that leads to the Santa Croce refuge (1.30 hours). Gear
1 set BD Camalot up to #1, all pegs used were left in-situ. Notes
Some Friends on the crux pitch had previously been left in-situ for the redpoint ascent.




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