
Tschierspitze V on the left as we
hike up from the Grödnerjoch pass / Passo Gardena - (which we rode our bikes
over just three
days ago). We approached the mountain from the
grassy ridge on the its left.

plenty of scrambling moves
to work out long before we get to the steeper cable-protected
sections

family of five led by a
mountain guide climbing ahead of us on the "via ferrata" section -
(protected by steel cables which each person attaches themself to)

Ken on the "via ferrata"
section, re-clipping his attachment slings (hidden behind him) to
the next section of steel cable

Tony reaches the top of the
main via ferrata section, with the Sella mountain group beyond him
and the Sella
Ronda road below on both sides - (Grödnerjoch / Passo
Gardena on lower left part of photo)

the last short steep "via
ferrata" section at the summit -- Tony is climbing on the rock, but
attached to the steel cable with yellow slings for (partial)
protection

from the summit
southwest to Passo Sella (which we rode our bikes over
three
days ago, see farther road from left which cuts
back sharply around the "corner" of the farther left-side
mountains) -- with the Sasso Lungo (Langkofel) to its right
and part of Sella group to its left.

Ken after moving off the
Tschierspitze / Piz da Cir V summit (with cross) to a quieter rock

Tony makes the upper section
of of the east-side descent gully easier by grabbing the cable and
hanging back against it.

but still lots of careful
down-walking moves needed after the gully gets less steep and
there's no more cable

looking back up, we spot two
climbers on the main "via ferrata" climbing section -- near the
middle of the right-side horizon of the peak, just to the right of a
wide dark groove
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