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NEWSFLASH: Winter Solo Ascent of Torre Egger by Marc-Andre Leclerc

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 UKC News 19 Sep 2016
Marc-Andre Leclerc on the first solo ascent of The Corkscrew, 4 kbCanadian climber Marc-Andre Leclerc has made the second winter ascent of Torre Egger - the first solo ascent in winter and only the second solo ascent ever - in a 21-hour push. With this ascent, Marc-André has completed his project of soloing the three main summits in the Cerro Torre group.



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 alexm198 19 Sep 2016
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This is absolutely mental, congrats to Marc-André. Yet another game changing ascent.
 Drexciyan 19 Sep 2016
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Jesus H Christ that's impressive!
 galpinos 20 Sep 2016
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I can't quite believe this hasn't got more comments. Wow......
 Tom Last 20 Sep 2016
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What an absolutely ridiculous achievement.
 Robert Durran 20 Sep 2016
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> I can't quite believe this hasn't got more comments. Wow......

Maybe because there's not much to say other than stuff like "wow".

It does bring it home just how much standards have been rising at the top though.

 galpinos 20 Sep 2016
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True. 50 posts just saying, "Wow" makes for a pretty dull thread.

I can't begin to understand the level of commitment and confidence involved.
 Henry Iddon 21 Sep 2016
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Good effort !

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