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Silbergeier with Nina Caprez & Cedric LachatVideo

© Stefan Schlumpf

2 July last year, Nina Caprez became the first woman to repeat Beat Kammerlander's Silbergeier at Rätikon, Switzerland. This is the video about the ascent.

Nina Caprez on the perfect limestone of Silbergeier in the Rätikon, Switzerland.  © Stefan Schlumpf
Nina Caprez on the perfect limestone of Silbergeier in the Rätikon, Switzerland.
© Stefan Schlumpf

Jack Geldard made an interview with Nina at the time, but in short she says about the ascent that:

The first 8b pitch felt like a 7a warm-up route, at the 7c+ slab traverse were like glued to the wall, in the 8a+ pitch the fingers felt frozen to the wall. In the 7a pitch I even tried a brand new pair of shoes on, and then - Rock'n'Roll - the last two pitches, the 8b+ and the horrible 7c+ went perfectly.

The first ascent of Silbergeier was made by Beat Kammerlander. It's around 200m divided into 6 pitches (8b/b+, 7c+/8a, 8a+, 7a+, 8b+, 7c+/8a).

Here's the video


Nina Caprez is sponsored by Petzl, Arc'teryx, Five Ten, Beal

Cédric Lachat is sponsored by: Mammut, Top 30, Scarpa and New Rock


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27 Dec, 2012
Hmmm, there's another error - but not as serious as the MacDo/Burger King catastrophe. The subtitles seem to credit Pietro dal Pra with the first ascent. As far as I know he made the fourth ascent.
27 Dec, 2012
Hmm - personally I don't really get the look-at-me-I'm-a-dick style, but some people like it, I suppose. Luckily the climbing made up for it. jcm
27 Dec, 2012
Thought that was very watchable! had me right till the end! although; there is some bad belaying demonstrated in the vid, i wonder how long before the UKC crowd get fired up over it lol
27 Dec, 2012
Nice vid and great looking route, a nice change from the usual Euro-cave escapades. Chris
28 Dec, 2012
I could barely watch. The movie would have been vastly improved if id didnt have cedric in it!
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