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NEWS: NZ Climber Athol Whimp Killed in Darrans

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 UKC News 01 Mar 2012
Notch Route from Homer Saddle, 3 kbThe well-known New Zealand rock climber, mountaineer and Piolet d'or recipient Athol Whimp, has been killed in a fall.
Although details are currently unclear, it appears 50-year old Whimp was moving along an easy but exposed ridge on Homer Saddle, a granite climbing area in New Zealand's...

Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=66933
Steve Findlay 02 Mar 2012
In reply to UKC News: Thats very sad, Athol was a very impressive man, a great loss.

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