John Ball was one of the earliest foreign trailblazers in the Dolomites, arriving in 1857, years before Tuckett (1860) and Grohmann (1862). Yet despite his early lead, Ball failed to claim the ‘crown’ of the Queen of the Dolomites. This is the story of how, and why, he missed it.
Marmolada Cave Bivouac: The Oldest Bivouac in the Dolomites Above a Retreating Glacier
When I climbed Marmolada in 2010, I noticed a cave high above the glacier and became convinced it was a military outpost from WW1. I was completely wrong.
Marmolada Tragedy
A terrible tragedy happened on Marmolada mountain today, at least 6 dead and many injured when a piece of glacier broke.