Keyword: First Free Ascent
Historical: First free ascent of Riders on the Storm (1200m, 7c+)
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Siebe Vanhee, Sean Villanueve, Nico Favresse and Drew Smith make the first free ascent of Riders on the Storm.
Pete Whittaker frees tough Trad line with Eigerdosis (8c).
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The crack specialist Pete Whittaker succeeds in the Norwegian Jossingfjord the first free ascent of Eigerdosis (8c) in trad style.
Video: Sean Villanueva and Pete Whittaker in the unforgiving mountains of Patagonia
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Last winter in Patagonia, a strong rope team attracted attention: crack specialist Pete Whittaker and Patagonia veteran Sean Villanueva. During their time together, the duo managed, among other things, to wring a first free ascent from two hard crack lines.
Dru north face: Tom Livingstone manages the first free ascent of the Voie des Guides.
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In the third attempt, the Briton Tom Livingstone got the first free ascent of the 850 meter long mixed route Voie des Guides in the Dru north face. Strong alpinists like Korra Pesce and Jeff Mercier had already tried to free the direct line through the steepest part of the north face before him and his climbing partner Tom Seccombe.