by Helen Mort
“The Grepon has disappeared. Of course, there are still
some rocks standing there, but as a climb no longer
exists. Now that it has been done by two women alone,
no self-respecting man can undertake it.”
– ETIENNE BRUHL, 1929
When we climb alone
en cordée feminine,
we are magicians of the Alps –
we make the routes we follow
disappear.
