Just one week after the successful first winter solo ascent on the central pillar of the Heiligkreuzkofel, the South Tyrolean climber Simon Gietl returned to the west face of the summit via Val Badia and climb the famous „Große Mauer“ (VII-), also as solo ascent. The route was opened in 1969 by Reinhold Messner and Hans Frisch.

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