New Technical Alpine Mixed Climb on Famous Alps Peak

New Technical Alpine Mixed Climb on Famous Alps Peak

Over two days this month, Italian alpinists Matteo Della Bordella, Giacomo Mauri and Mirco Grasso made the first ascent of Mutante on the south face of the Petites Jorasses in the French Alps. They graded the 520-metre line at M8 6c AI4+. Della Bordella, who’s established several new routes in the range, explained that he first spotted the line during the summer months. He described “an obvious line that looks like a couloir and then suddenly dr…