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Eiger Super Direct attempt.
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One Peg to Rule them ALL!
Moses Tomahawks on sale now, including the new size 3 (ultimate alpine/winter peg)
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Cold Wars Wins the BT!
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Ella on El Cap!After much pestering I finally got round to climbing El Cap with my daughter Ella (13). The program about the climb made by the BBC will be on CBBC in Febuary
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How do we judge success? A talk with an alternative view on getting to the top
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Nice little film about Vanessa François, who wants to climb El Cap this year (I lent her the gear that Karen and Phil Packer used on their climbs). If you want to help her then send any dontions via paypal to francoisvanessa00@gmail.com.
Cold Wars
'I was aware that I was cold - beyond cold. I was a lump of meat left for too long in a freezer, a body trapped beneath the ice, sinking down into the dark. 'I was freezing to death.'
TEDx
'What does it take to solo one of the most intimidating climbs in the world, pushing through fear, self doubt and the knowledge that you had already failed the same climb three times previously. Andy examines the fine line between adventure and obsession. '
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Cold Wars wins the Boardman-Tasker prize
"Andy’s effortless narrative takes the reader into parallel worlds of parenthood and extreme climbing with the reader emerging unsure which is the scariest or more demanding. He is acutely observant of people: his peerless portrayal of the leading characters only matched by his depiction of alpinism at the highest level. There are lighter moments of course, this is Andy Kirkpatrick after all, and his mastery of irony and self deprecation shines through with satisfying regularity."
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