Showing posts with label Alpinist Newswire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alpinist Newswire. Show all posts

Monday, February 27, 2012

Biking in southern Utah, new route in Patagonia, and more reviews to come

I apologize for not posting for a few days.  Over the weekend I went to St. George with my wife for the Zion Century bike ride.  I haven't biked much since the Lotoja in September, and it showed.  It was a tough ride, but the weather was great and it was just fun to be outside on the bike again.  Now that I'm back up north and the temps are slightly cooler, I'm excited to check out the ice tomorrow morning.

Here is a short but cool article from Alpinist Newswire on a new route put up by the Russians on Aguja Poincenot, next to Fitz Roy.  The route, called Via Russo ( 6b (ABO), A4, M4, 1600m), or Russian Way, took eight days to climb.  The article is short but worth reading. 

http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web12w/newswire-via-russo


Aguja Poincenot, Fitz Roy Massif, Patagonia

 
Fitz Roy Massif.  Fitz Roy is the tallest, Aguja Poincenot is the most prominent peak left of Fitz Roy.
Photos retrieved from http://elseptimogrado.com/contenidos/?tag=aguja-poincenot.  Also, cool trip report at this site if you read Spanish.


There are more gear reviews coming, but they will be sporadic for the next few weeks because school is doing a very efficient job at filling my time.



Sunday, February 12, 2012

More info on Aartun and Gravdal deaths: Alpinist Newswire

Here is another link for a brief article about the death of Bjorn-Eivind Aartun and Stein-Ivar Gravdal, this time from Alpinist Newswire:

http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web12w/newswire-aartun-gravdal-die


Though it's been a day since I heard about this tragedy, it's still shocking to me each time I read about it.  Just last week I was reading about Aartun climbing a new route in Patagonia.  Amazing how things can change so quickly.