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Dolomites 31-Jul-2010 At 1:29:11 AM goldie_oz

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"tante scusi, ma mio italiano è molto male, sono di Australia" made one bloke want me to marry his daughter (I did go and meet her.... hmm). The number of german speakers who realised I wasn't italian and then suddenly were able to speak perfect italian was amazing.

south face buttress of tofana di rozes is classic IV-, 18 pitches, 500m, awesome stuff. there's nice climbing also in tre cime, but cinque torre is good if you've not got the weather for long routes (unless you've got a big high pressure system just come through, there'll be thunderstorms often in the afternoons in august).

agree that ferrata kit is useful for getting off routes; also that la villa is easily the best place to stay if you don't like the rifugi (which are good value if you're a member of pretty much any alpine club - and to be fair, they did even accept my swedish touristforeningen card as being a 'member' and therefore sometimes as cheap as EUR10 per night, includes a very basic breakfast). plenty of legal bivvy spots are also about but most require a walk-in, they're marked on the maps. coop in cortina is the biggest supermarket around.