Mönch - South ridge traverse

[@mitchellbarnow1709]

I am so happy to see another video from my favorite Swiss Athlete! Jon, I really appreciate what you have to share on this incredible channel and your superb physical fitness brought about by really hard training, focusing in on your weaknesses in order to improve to be the best that you can be. I will watch this channel for as long as I can. I am 64 years old, so we will see how long I am capable of watching you.

[@jonmurua]

Thank you! Not just watching, I wanna see you coming to the Alps to film an outing too!

[@mitchellbarnow1709]

@@jonmuruaYou are an awesome man Jon, but at 64 my tired old joints don’t like too much activity. I was 23 the last time that I was in the area of the Eiger.

[@namelastname2449]

Jon con que se escalan vías >7a (que las hay a montón en el circo de los Alpes) cuando hace mucho frío allá arriba?

[@jonmurua]

Hay gente que escala rutas de verano en invierno, cuando las condiciones son secas. Hacen la mayoría de largos con botas y guantes y para los largos duros se ponen los pies de gato. Pero en invierno suele haber nieve y hielo y lo más común es la escalada mixta con crampones y piolets. Hace un par de años, abrieron la ruta BASE a los Drus en invierno, M8+ 7a. Lo hicieron con pies de gato y piolets.

[@mitchellbarnow1709]

These telecabins were not there in 1982 when I last visited the area. There was an old cog railroad that we didn't take because the weather never cleared up. We never could see the Eiger.

[@jonmurua]

This télécabine is pretty new, I think it was opened in 2021

[@mitchellbarnow1709]

@@jonmurua These modern Télécabines are much nicer than the ones that we took from the Mt Blanc area into Italy.