Our Friday Night Video this week takes us to Annapurna with a team of four friends. Their original objective was a new route on the largely unexplored North Face of Cho Oyu (8201), but unfortunately they weren't allowed to cross the Tibetan border. Their attention shifted to a new acclimatisation peak and the main objective of the Annapurna...
Enjoyed. The "team of four friends" bit from the introduction shouldn't be read as 'puntery camaraderie in the mountains' for anyone harbouring visions of emulation. All three people on Annapurna I are nails-hard, cutting-edge high-altitude Himalayan climbers. See: https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2018/07/adam_bielecki_and_felix_berg_make_f..., and Rick Allen of Nanga Parbat Mazeno Ridge 2013 Piolet D'Or fame.
Fri Night Vid Finding Focus - Life Behind The Lens of a Climbing Photographer
This week's Friday Night Video is a portrait of a prolific climbing photographer from Wedge Climbing. Sam Pratt is well known in both the outdoor and competition scene but if you haven't heard of him, you've likely seen...