Tarock - Cerro Walwalün
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Tarock is located to the left of Perdidos en el Mundo, opened in 2013 by Lorenzo Lanfranchi, Mirko Masè, Simone Pedeferri, Mattia Tisi and Andrea Zaffaroni, and to the right of the wall's first route, 100 años de soledad, put up in 2001 by a French expedition. It encounters the French route at the large mid-height ledge where that route veers right, and shares about 5 meters with the Italian route above the ledge before independently climbing a system of cracks to the left.
After the first ascent, the lower half of the route was freed on 12 and 13 February. After another day of rain, Grasso and Kruder zipped back up to the central ledge on 15 February via the French route, in order to free the upper section. Notably, during the first ascent, the second pitch above the ledge initially followed a crack that proved both extremely difficult and persistently wet. The pair opted to establish a slightly easier variant; the original pitch is estimated at around 8b.
In total, Grasso and Kruder used 29 bolts (18 placed with a drill, 11 by hand), including those at the belays, about 15 pegs along the pitches and at the belays, and made extensive use of trad gear (cams and offsets). Some bolts were added on the descent to reinforce the anchors.
GPS coordinates: -41.442296, -72.127818
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