Photograph of the week: Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Sexten Dolomites, Italy

Whilst Italy starts to see a partial easing of its lockdown restrictions, amidst mixed emotions of fear and joy, we hope that scenes like this will soon be more accessible to everyone.

On August 21, 1869, Paul Grohmann (alongside guides Franz Innerkofler and Peter Salche), completed the first ever ascent of Cima Grande, the highest of the three peaks that make up Tre Cime di Lavaredo. Exactly 10 years later, to the day, Michel Innerkofler and G. Ploner took the first ascent honours for Cima Ovest (the second highest of the three) on August 21, 1879. And on July 25, 1881, Michel and Hans Innerkofler became the first climbers to reach the peak of Cima Piccola – the third highest, but also the most difficult of the three peaks.

You don’t have to aspire to these great heights  and achievements to enjoy the Tre Cime di Lavaredo (Italian for “Three Peaks of Lavaredo”) though. These three distinctive battlement-like peaks, found in the Sexten…