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Nalle Hukkataival Repeating Misty (8c)

Posted July 8, 2013 at 9:04 am · Comments { 3 } ·
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Tito Traversa Killed In Fall

Posted July 5, 2013 at 10:04 am · Comments { 65 } ·

Just a day or two after climbing another 5.14a, 12-year-old Tito Traversa was seriously injured in a sport climbing accident at Orpierre, France.  This report in French by Grimper seems to indicate that a number of quick draws he was using were improperly slung1 causing them to fail resulting in a fall from some 60 feet off the deck.  He is now fighting for his life in a Grenoble hospital in a medically induced coma.

It goes without saying that we are hoping all the best for him and his family in this difficult time.

Update:  According to this article in an Italian newspaper Tito has passed away.  Sad, sad story.

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Magnus Midtbø vs. Neanderthal

Posted July 5, 2013 at 9:10 am · Comments { 11 } ·
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The North Face: Green River Teaser

Posted July 3, 2013 at 3:04 pm · Comments { 3 } ·
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→ “It Felt Surprisingly Easy”∞

Posted July 3, 2013 at 9:16 am · Comments { 1 } ·

Jimmy Webb, in an interview DPM about his flash of Sky:

It felt surprisingly easy. Yet that’s how most flashes at your limit should feel. It’s that wild moment where everything comes together perfectly and your left standing there wondering what just happened.
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Daniel Woods Repeating Monkey Wedding (V15)

Posted July 3, 2013 at 8:08 am · Comments { 1 } ·
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→ Context On Nanga Parbat Massacre∞

Posted July 2, 2013 at 9:45 am · Comments { 1 } ·

Steve Swenson gives some fascinating context surrounding the massacre at Nanga Parbat’s basecamp the other weekend:

I’ve been on eleven climbing expeditions to Pakistan.  Although the Country has been destabilized by the war in neighboring Afghanistan, sectarian violence, and a growing insurgency, I have always told my family and friends that the areas where we go climbing are safe.  The Karakoram and Himalayan mountains in northeastern Pakistan are stunningly beautiful, and contain a significant number of the world’s greatest mountains including K2, the world’s second highest.
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  They attract mountaineers and trekkers from all over the world, and.
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were a safe haven from the terrorist violence that has afflicted other parts of Pakistan.  All that changed on June 22nd, when Pakistani militants killed ten mountain climbers at the Nanga Parbat base camp.  I will try to summarize the events that led to these killings and how this might affect mountaineering and trekking groups in the future.

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