On World Poetry Day, Sarah-Jane Dobner shares a scrapbook of observations, sensations and memories from a trip to the spectacular Lofoten islands in Arctic Norway, taking the reader on a tour of the archipelago's classic climbs (Bare Blåbær, Vestpillaren Direct) and its quaint fishing villages.
IIRC, and it is going on 17 years, pitch 11 isn't protectionless - there's a little cam at the crux. It was my lead and I definitely wasn't the N6 leader!
News New Route on South Face of Alaska's Mt. Dickey by Tom Livingstone and Gašper Pintar
Tom Livingstone and Slovenian partner Gašper Pintar have made a first ascent on the south face of Mt. Dickey (2909m) in Alaska's Ruth Gorge over four days, naming the line 'The Great Wall.'
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