Hiking and Climbing Adventures: Progress on Diamir Side of Nanga Parbat + Picket Range / Fury (N. Cascades) + Cerro Torre

Friday, February 6, 2015

Progress on the Diamir side of Nanga Parbat - the Russians go back because of bad weather
David Norton comes home to the Picket Range with Fury (North Cascades) Report with pictures
Cerro Torre in Patagonia - Directa de la Mentira -- Colin Haley and Andre Leclerk
Coast Ridge - Stone to Boronda -- Leor Pantilat - trip report with pictures

http://altitudepakistan.blogspot.com/2015/02/winter-2015-russians-wrap-up-their.html -- Raheel Adnan -- Pakistan -- Progress on Diamir side of Nanga Parbat - Russians wrap it up

http://blog.eddiebauer.com/2015/02/05/david-morton-comes-home-picket-range-fury/ -- David Morton comes home to Picket Range with Fury

http://pataclimb.com -- Cerro Torre in Patagonia - Directa de la Mentira -- Colin Haley and Andre Leclerk
http://desnivel.com/alpinismo/colin-haley-y-marc-andre-leclerc-abren-directa-de-la-mentira-al-cerro-torre

http://gripped.com/news/leclerc-climbs-new-cerro-torre-north-face-route/

Cerro Torre - Directa de la Mentira
Colin Haley and Marc-André Leclerc, the two fittest and hungriest men here at this moment, "the unstoppable two", just did the first "complete" (bottom to top) ascent of the north face of Cerro Torre climbing El Arca to the "Col de la Mentira", to then climb six new pitches up a beautiful line parallel and to the left of the north ridge, joining back with El Arca on the last four pitches of the north face, reaching the Via dei Ragni and the summit. They called their line Directa de la Mentira. This comes barely a week and some days after they completed the first ascent of La Travesía del Oso Buda. They are on fire!!