Lama and Steuerer vs the Compressor route

by Björn Pohl - UKC Nov/2009
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David Lama and Daniel Steuerer are on their way to Patagonia, where they intend to make the first free ascent of the controversial Compressor route first done by Cesare Maestri in 1970. The route is a veritable bolt ladder, comprised of around 400 bolts, up the south east ridge of Cerro Torre.
Source: The Metafilter and Kairn
Photo: Cerro Torre, courtesy of Climberland

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