On Rognon Vaudano (Mont Blanc) Niccolò Bruni & Federica Furia establish Rise Slow

After "discovering" the potential of Rognon Vaudano in the summer of 2024 with the first ascent of Cric e Croc, this beautiful wall below the Dent du Géant in the Mont Blanc massif has been targeted several other times by mountain guide Niccolò Bruni & co.

Over the years, the multipitch climbs C'era una volta il West and Camalot were established with Gianluca Marra, while in winter the mixed routes Le Piolet Perdu with Alberto Boschiazzo, Facile Facile 2.0 and Veloce Veloce 2.0 with Federica Furia were added.

Now Bruni and Furia have returned to altitude and over two days in June they gave life to Rise Slow, a five-pitch outing with difficulties up to 6b max. Bruni recounts: "I had spotted the line last year, but due to commitments I never managed to give it a go. Finally, last weekend together with my girlfriend Federica, we went to lay our hands on this beautiful route. It turned out to offer continuous difficulties, almost entirely on cracks with some beautiful slab sections on superb rock – that beautiful red granite of Mont Blanc."

The Rognon Vaudano outcrop is dedicated to Davide Vaudano, who sadly passed away on the Rutor glacier in August 2009.

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