Cresta Segantini

I was keen to have a quiet weekend sorting things out at home, so it came as a bit of a shock when the hot line sounded at 8 in the morning. It was the Pash they were already sat in a cafe in Lecco with a plan. They described to me the amazing ridge that climbed to the summit of Grigna. Even though it is really close to Milan I had never been up it, but knowing the scenery was fantastic I agreed to change my meager plans.

We parked at the piano Resinelli, where I was permitted breakfast and the Pash felt oblliged to have their second. The path to the ridge is itself somewhat of an undertaking involving easy scrambing in impressive surroundings. The rock is limestone and has formed all sorts of amaziing pillars with precipitous drops and with descriptive names such as 'the cigar' and 'the mushroom'.

We reached the ridge after 2 hours of steady walking. For the climb we had elected to move roped together as the climbing was never above the 4th grade. We quickly passed two other parties and we were thoroughly enjoying the experience. Since it was a clear day we had fine views, we could even see the snowy peaks of Aosta shimmering through the heat haze. Tell-tail scratches on the rock indicated that the ridge must be also a fine undertaking in the winter.