from Climber's Blog
In summer 2011 American alpinists Mark Richey, Steve Swenson and Freddie Wilkinson summited the second highest unclimbed mountain in the world, Saser Kangri II (7518m). Trip report and questions with Steve Swenson.
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from The Alpinist - newswire
On August 24, 2011 Mark Richey, Steve Swenson and Freddie Wilkinson made the first ascent of the Eastern Karakoram's Saser Kangri II (7518m), the world's second highest unclimbed peak. The American team started the climb from the South Shukpa Kunzang Glacier. Their climb is one of the highest first ascents of a peak in alpine style in the history of mountaineering. The Old Breed (WI4 M3, 1700m) ascends the southwest face. The Eastern Karakoram was closed to climbing up until April 2010 due to border ...
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from The Mountain Library
The Mountain Library rating: ★★★★ Published: 2010 Reading style: medium Images: yes (8 pages, bw) Lasting memory: One Mountain Thousand Summits by Freddie Wilkinson is widely respected as ‘the climber’s’ account of the 2008 tragedy on K2 where eleven people perished in the worst single accident in the history of climbing on that mountain. Wilkinson, a [...]
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from INCLINED
Past AAC president Mark Richey and member Freddie Wilkinson completed the first integral ascent of a new mixed line on Cannon Cliff, Franconia, New Hampshire. The pair rated the, as yet unnamed, four and half pitch route M6+ Spicy. Wilkinson had attempted the line with local AMGA guide Bayard Russel but were shut down at [...]
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from The Alpinist - newswire
On May 17, Renan Ozturk, Zack Smith and Freddie Wilkinson arrived in Alaska's Ruth Gorge with ambitions to traverse the full five-mile ridgeline of the Mooses Tooth massif, from Espresso Gap to Ruth Gap. Though they arrived to find ideal conditions--hard freezes every night and relatively warm weather during the day--their luck did not last, and warm conditions forced them to cut the trip short. After trekking across Ruth Glacier, Ozturk, Smith and Wilkinson established base camp below the southwest face
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