Le Miroir d'Argentine |
The standard route (5.7, 12 pitches) follows the major weakness in the slab (the "mirror"). The "Directe" route (5.8+, 12 pitches) takes the easy way up the tower in front of the slab, then goes to the notch on long vertical cracks on the mirror. The route I did (Zygofolis, 5.11a, 14 pitches) takes the direct line on the tower (crux), angles right on the mirror, and culminates with two short pitches on the last "ressault" (cliff band, named the White Horse), which overhangs gently. The crux pitch (sustained 11a, with a three-move sequence of 11b) is the second, but the 14th pitch, while only 10c/d, overhangs the entire length, which is very hard after 13 pitches of climbing.
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