This summer, Leo Houlding returned to Arctic Canada for some unfinished business on the North Wall of Mount Asgard on Baffin Island. Alongside Waldo Etherington and Wilson Cutbirth, Leo planned to free the 17-pitch route Inukshuk (VI 5.10 A3+), a line he had climbed in 2009 for 'The Asgard Project' expedition. Unseasonably poor weather in July forced the team to shift focus to the "more approachable but even taller" 1200m East Face, resulting in a new 12-pitch line called Loki's Mischief before they summitted via the 1972 Scott Route.
This week's Friday Night Video whisks us back to Val-David, Quebec, in the Autumn of 1958. Two daring young climbers embark on the ascent of a route that seemed unattainable, resembling a roof suspended in the air, defying all the conventions of the time....
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