from Rock Climbing UK
In Joe Simpson’s autobiography This Game of Ghosts he gives a tense account of an accident on the Dru in the early 1980s. A bivi ledge collapsed, leaving Simpson and his climbing partner dangling from a dodgy peg and staring at a two thousand foot drop. They spent twelve hours hanging there. “It was not [...] Climbing Harness Guide: Evolution, Features and Choosing the Right Harness is a post from: Rock Climbing UK , an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers. If you liked
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from Mountains and Water
Recently I have been steering away from current events in climbing, mostly because it really has been more of the same, and also because I have been too busy with other things, especially in terms of writing. However a special case has emerged that says some very interesting things about climbing and its meaning, and particularly its intersection with commerce. If you have been using the Internets, you were probably alerted to the situation by a remarkable article at UKC which in essence declared that ...
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from The Alpinist - newswire
News Flash: The following news flash is a preliminary report posted as a service to our readers. Alpinist has not confirmed the veracity of its contents but will post a story in detail when more information becomes available.--Ed. Joe Simpson, the climber famous for his survival story Touching the Void , recently established a new route--solo--on the relatively steep southwest face of Mera Peak (6470m) in Nepal. The 1300-meter route took Simpson three days: a moderate rib of rock on Day 1, a headwall with
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from The Adventure Blog
Joe Simpson, best known for writing such books as Touching the Void and The Beckoning Silence , has solo climbed a new route in the Himalaya, according to this report from the British Mountaineering Council . Simpson, whose story of survival on Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes has proven inspirational to millions, took on a new route along the South Face of Mera Peak, a 6470 meter (21,227 feet) mountain not far from Everest. The new route is said to be more than 4000 feet in length, and required two and
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from TheLowDown
UK Climbing reports Pete Robins has made the 4th ascent (Moffat, Moon, Simpson, Robins) of Jerry Moffat's Liquid ambar at Lower Pen Trwyn, North Wales. The FA was made back in 1990. Pete solved the single moves pretty swiftly, yet needed 20 days for the send. The route is graded 8c, although some would probably call it 8c+. Full story . I used to believe the name was Liquid amb e r i.e beer, but after reading Revelations, it turns out it's a tree. Actually it should be Liquid ambar, so perhaps the ...
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