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Back on the Sharp End
After the Fall
By William Bevans
“I was surrounded by verglas and caught tight inside this chimney. My eyes moved over every inch of rock and ice as I tried to make sense of every possible move sequence I could commit to until I was in a spot of safety”
I climbed smoothly and efficiently through the initial ice bulges on what started out as a bumpy cauliflower pitch of AI3. Not long into my lead on the first technical pitch, I came to a small ledge and took that opportunity to shake my arms out and rest while I looked up for the line of least resistance. It was early morning and the sun just peeked over the horizon. I was perched on the beautiful and tough East Face of Mt. Kidd in the northern Canadian Rockies. The air was dry and cold. Light winds… Read more here
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