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NEWS: Third Ascent of House-Anderson for Hawthorn and Livingstone

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 UKC News 19 Sep 2016
Tom Livingstone and Uisdean Hawthorn on the summit of the House-Anderson, 3 kbUisdean Hawthorn and Tom Livingstone have made the third ascent of the House-Anderson route on the North face of Mt. Alberta (3619 m) in the Canadian Rockies. The pair took two days to complete the route, which was first climbed by Steve House and Vince Anderson in 2008 and more recently repeated by Nick Bullock and Will Sim in 2014.

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 humptydumpty 19 Sep 2016
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Looks nails.

What does "aiding on an ice axe" involve?
 thommi 19 Sep 2016
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Fantastic news!! Well done guys!!
 Robert Durran 19 Sep 2016
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Excellent!

Is "a huge cathedral over 10m high" a typo?

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Uisdean - Is that a pout in that first photo!

Well done chaps!
 Michael Gordon 19 Sep 2016
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> What does "aiding on an ice axe" involve?

I would guess it means clipping in to the axe, either for a rest (less likely to fall if not pumped) or perhaps to enable a long reach to another good placement rather than risk a poorer one inbetween.

Great stuff.
In reply to Martin McKenna - Rockfax:

That's my "OOOOO I want my mummy face!"
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