"Baffin Big Walls 2010" Lecture
Mike 'Twid' Turner and Stu McAleese (IFMGA Mountain Guides) climb Big Walls. Between them they have over 30 Expeditions to the greater Ranges. The specialize in climbing in extreme locations, appalling weather conditions and suffering! They will talk about some of their recent first ascents in Alaska, Patagonia and in particular on Baffin Island this year. Their capsule style of Big Wall climbing involves many days living on these huge walls (21 days in one push in Baffin). Twid and Stu teamed up 10 years previously to climb Big Walls. Their first climb 'Off the Wall Bonkers!' a first ascent in the remote Kitchatna Spires in Alaska, resulted in a 15 day lonely wait on a glacier for a light aircraft pick up. Since then they have regularly made first ascents in appalling cold, windy and uncomfortable places. Join the team talking about their climbs, epics and sanity!
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