Keyword: Drusenfluh East Face

Babsi Zangerl: “That was one of my most intense days in the Rätikon”

Babsi Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher secure the second and third repetition of the 8c multi-pitch route Seventh Direction on the Drusenfluh east face in the Rätikon. Babsi's redpoint ascent -...

Steep and tough: Seventh Direction (8c, 220m) repeated for the first time

Nemuel Feurle has repeated Alex Luger's testpiece Seventh Direction (8c, 220m) on the Drusenfluh east face. On Lacrux, the young Vorarlberg climber shares his experiences...

Film tip: Alex Luger in Seventh Direction

Join Alex Luger on a transformative journey to explore the complex relationship between psychology and extreme climbing.

Alex Luger manages the red point ascent of Seventh Direction (8c, 220m) | interview

In the summer of 2018 and 2019, top Austrian athlete Alex Luger opened the multi-pitch route Seventh Direction (8c+, 220m) on the Drusenfluh east face. On August 6, he managed the first free ascent of the heavily overhanging line. We spoke to the man from Vorarlberg about his mega-project, in which he invested five years of his life and which culminated with the red point ascent.

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