Gripped – August 2019

Canadians

WILL STANHOPE,

PAUL MCSORLEY,

MARC-ANDRÉ

LECLERC and American

MATT VAN BIEN

make the first ascent of

Cerro Mariposa via La Veulta

de los Condores 5.11 A2

in Patagonia.

VIKKI WELDON

makes the second

ascent of Blue Jeans

5.13+ on Yamnuska.

In Ontario,

LESLIE TIMMS

makes the first ascent

of Above the Clouds

5.13 trad.

The late American

HAYDEN KENNEDY

and Canadian JASON KRUK

chopped the bolts on the

Compressor Route on

Cerro Torre and make the first

“fair means” ascent of the

southeast ridge at 5.12.

NATHALIE

MALO repeats

Toit de Ben 5.13a

trad in Quebec

as the first woman

to send the roof

crack testpiece.

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