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NEWS: Major New Route on Mt. Logan, Canada

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 UKC News 19 May 2010
[Okada traversing on Day 3, high on the route. , 3 kb]Japanese climbers Yasushi Okada and Katsutaka “Jumbo” Yokoyama have completed one of the great unclimbed walls in North America: the south face of Mt. Logan, Canada's highest peak.

In early May, the two men climbed the 2,500-meter (8,200') wall alpine-style over three long days...

Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=53512

 Henry Iddon 19 May 2010
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Awesome - if Jack failed on it twice it shows the quality of this ascent.
geomac 20 May 2010
In reply to Henry Iddon: I spent time on Logan in 2003 and the conditions can be outrageous. It's also VERY remote in the event of something going wrong. This is a major achievement! Well done to all involved and warmest congratulations.

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