Climbing
It’s still my dream climb. I don’t know if I ever will acomplish it, but it’s a dream. Here’s an interesting photo of the arrival to the summit of the K2.
Don’t get over confident. No matter how good you think you are, gravity’s a bitch. Always belay as soon as you get to the reunion points. Just watch what could happen.
Dean Potter (born 18 January 1972, in the United States) is an American free climber, alpinist, base jumper, base liner and highliner. He has become noted for many free solo ascents, speed ascents and enchainments in Yosemite.
This video shows him free and solo climbing The Nose of El Capitan. This is scary!
Catherine Destivelle, born July 24th 1960, Algeria, is a French climber and mountaineer.
Her parents left Algeria in her first years to live in France. It was on the Fointainbleu forrest that she discovered climbing. At fifteen, she dominated the hardest rocks, and at seventeen, she left to the Alps without the knowledge of her family. [...]
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Went bouldering and climbing with Chris. Training a new rope partner is allways hard, especially when you’ve climbing for more than two decades (and a half, but who’s counting?). It went well. He’s got good technique and he loves it. Abílio came along to provide extra safety, and he shot some nice photos. Will post [...]