Following this undertaking (considered by traditionalists a provocation because it was daring but dangerous), Heinz Grill was excluded from the Alpenverein (Alpine Club) of Wasserburg.

[15] Heinz Grill stated that the routes were opened from below in a mountaineering style, but were later "sculpted and created" through extensive cleaning work.

[27][28] Grill teaches and writes about yoga and meditation in the mountainous northern province of Trentino, Italy.

[31] The Silla Ghedina prize for the best climbing in the Dolomites 2012 was awarded to Grill with his companions Franz and Martin Heiss and Florian Kluckner, for the Collaboration route.

[33] Grill writes on subjects including medicine, yoga, architecture, spirituality, philosophy, and mountaineering.