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The cold world of skimo & alpine climbing

The cold world of skimo & alpine climbing

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Just a tease.......

of an awesome new line,,


WI 7+, M7, 600m It's a mega version of the famous Polar Circus in Canada. In the massive gully it almost felt as if I was in a canyon, surrounded by fantastic granite features. The ice is really steep, full of air holes and the overhanging sections through the ice flutes were hard to protect. And even the transition sections in waist-deep powder were not particularly easy. I had to summon all my strength and conviction to climb the final meters to the top and I almost gave up. Breaking trail through the deep, unconsolidated snow took a long time and was really tiring. But when you get so close to the top, you just don't give up.




Ines Papert and Wolfgang Russegger established Quantum of Solace (ABO, WI 7+, M7, 600m) up the Great Wall of China in Kyrgyzstan.


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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi Dane

Cool looking climb. Really does look like Polar Circus on steroids. Unfortunately, Kyrgyzstan is kind of out of the way and rather expensive to get to.

Best regards