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NEWS & ARTICLE: Brits in Greenland - Hard New Big Walls

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 Jack Geldard 26 Aug 2008
The British team of Es Tresidder, Tony Stone, James Vybiral, Dan McManus, Tom Spreyer and Ged Desforges with Bavarian climber, Ruben Gutzat, travelled to Greenland's Tasermiut Fjord from July 16 to August 13, 2008. Encountering excellent weather, the group climbed several new, all-free lines on the granite big-walls, in what has been described as "the most successful expedition to the unnamed valley south of Sermitsiaq in over three decades."

Es Tresidder gives us the full low down (with superb photography) in this UKC article:

Article: http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=1216

News: http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?month=08&year=2008#n45280
 SonyaD 26 Aug 2008
In reply to Jack Geldard - Editor - UKC:

Wow! That looks amazing and such brilliant luck with the weather! Well done.
In reply to Jack Geldard - Editor - UKC: Nice one Es and co
 EsT 26 Aug 2008
In reply to Jack Geldard - Editor - UKC:

Cheers Jack.

More pics and spray on mine and Dans routes on my website for anyone interested: www.es-on-ice.co.uk

Cheers, Es.
 RossJ 27 Aug 2008
In reply to EsT:

Glad you had a great time and hit luckily with the weather. The lines look excellent. When we were out there in 2003 we hit the only good weather window of the summer when we spent just over 3 weeks in the Torssukataq Spires area. The weather the month before had been pretty much constant rain and saw the party we meet at Nanortalik bothy spend pretty much the whole time at their base camp. Fortunately they stayed on and got the three weeks of good weather at Tasermiut Fjord for the period we were out.

Must write up our routes sometime.

What were the black fly like at base camp?
In reply to Jack Geldard - Editor - UKC: I gotta get me there. Good effort lads.
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