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\"Alpinismo<\/h3>\n

The Balearic Islands Mountaineering Advanced Training Group opens the Direct\u00edssima Mallorquina<\/em>, a new climbing route reaching 5,800 metres in the Cordillera Blanca<\/h3>\n

No one had passed through there before, precisely the challenge they were looking for. Before them rose a daunting, untouched wall more than 520 metres high on the western face of an imposing mountain that stands majestically at 5,800 metres in the Cordillera Blanca of Peru. With great enthusiasm, a desire to put their training to the test, and a commitment to ascend by their own means, five Mallorcans reached the summit of Santa Cruz Chico last July after opening a new route, which they named Direct\u00edssima Mallorquina<\/em>, graded MD+ (Very Difficult+).<\/p>\n

A remarkable feat in a sport whose practitioners on the island could almost be counted on the fingers of both hands. All the more so given that the protagonists made up the first cohort of the Grup de Tecnificaci\u00f3 d\u2019Alpinisme de les Illes<\/em> (Islands Alpine Training Group), promoted by the Federaci\u00f3 Balear de Muntanyisme i Escalada<\/em> (Federation of Mountaineering and Climbing). The team was composed of coordinators Cati Llad\u00f3 (51) and Tomeu Rub\u00ed (49), alpinist Llu\u00eds Dietrich (27), and students Miquel \u00c0ngel Lorente (22) and Guillermo Anguera (21), both of whom come from sport climbing.<\/p>\n

\"Alpinismo

Route of the Direct\u00edssima Mallorquina<\/em> on the west face of Santa Cruz Chico. Photo: FBME.<\/p><\/div>\n

This adventure was the culmination of two years of intensive training on all kinds of terrain: rock climbs in Mallorca, winter activities in the Pyrenees and the Alps, and a trip to Norway to refine their ice-climbing skills. This is how the younger members learned \u201cto be self-sufficient, to move with autonomy, not to engage in mountain tourism where everything is prepared. That\u2019s like winning the Tour on an electric bike,\u201d Rub\u00ed explains. Once in Peru, they completed their acclimatisation on Vallunaraju, Yanapaccha and Shacsha, three mountains of lower technical difficulty where they fully experienced the effects of altitude: headaches, dizziness and that feeling of \u201cbeing ill all the time,\u201d Lorente recalls. Part of a trade where \u201cendurance and resilience matter more than physical strength,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

The summit push<\/strong><\/p>\n

At one in the morning, when the cold still bites and the body only wants to keep sleeping, the group took their first step towards a wall for which \u201cwe had barely any reference points and only a photo from Google Maps,\u201d Rub\u00ed notes. Progress, slow and methodical in 50-metre rope teams, became more demanding as they gained height, especially on the final section, where \u201cthe powder snow forced us to crawl along, digging a sort of trench to keep ourselves going,\u201d Lorente says.<\/p>\n

\"Alpinismo

The ascent was carried out in 50-metre pitches, progressing almost vertically. Photo: FBME.<\/p><\/div>\n

When they finally emerged onto the summit \u2014a ridge so narrow that the five of them could scarcely fit\u2014 there was no euphoria, only restrained emotion. \u201cYou congratulate each other and shake hands, but not much more. Up there you\u2019re already thinking about the descent; you still have half the journey left,\u201d Lorente points out.<\/p>\n

The descent, just as technical and demanding, was marked by abseils on ice and the very real risk of the rope getting stuck. Every manoeuvre required almost surgical calm. Finally, at half past eleven at night, they reached base camp, exhausted after more than 22 hours of uninterrupted activity on vertical terrain, with barely enough strength left even to eat.<\/p>\n

\"Alpinismo

Llu\u00eds Dietrich, Miquel \u00c0ngel Lorente, Guillermo Anguera, Cati Llad\u00f3 and Tomeu Rub\u00ed resting during one of the acclimatisation routes. Photo: FBME.<\/p><\/div>\n

It was only once they were back home that they began to grasp the magnitude of what they had achieved: writing one of the most remarkable chapters in the island\u2019s mountaineering history. \u201cIt was an excellent experience, and on top of that we were three times lucky: perfect weather, finding an untouched face, and it also being of a grade we could handle as a team\u2026 It was a gift,\u201d Tomeu Rub\u00ed sums up. Their tracks have already disappeared, but the Direct\u00edssima Mallorquina<\/em> will remain forever.<\/p>\n

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