Website:North London Mountaineering Club Instagram: @the_nlmc Spring Newsletter 2021 (Originally Posted in the North London Mountaineering Club Journal) I was 10 metres above my last protection. Really pumped. I was certain a fall was imminent. Technique started faltering and my feet blew out of the ice. God knows how I managed to hold onto my tools and get my feet back on. I started retching. I scolded myself. “Come on! Keep it together!” This is a recollection from my last ice climb of the 2020/2021 season and after that, I am glad the season has ended. [Rob]: Perfectly on time, the snow arrived on the 1 st December and it wasn’t long before a prolonged cold spell created good ice-climbing...
Photo by David Roeske HIMALI™ athlete, David Roeske summited K2 on July 25, 2019, without the aid of supplemental oxygen - it is thought to be a record-breaking expedition time of just 19 days. This achievement marks the alpinist’s fourth 8000-meter peak summit without bottled oxygen. Roeske successfully summited K2 a little over 12 months after unexpected events in July 2018 thwarted his first attempt. During his first expedition to the mountain, Roeske delayed his K2 summit attempt in order to help save the life of British climber, Rick Allen. Allen was lost on neighboring mountain, Broad Peak, the world’s twelfth highest mountain. Roeske and his Swedish climbing partner, Fredrik Sträng, were beginning a summit attempt on Broad Peak when...
HIMALI™ athlete, Michael Hauck breaks the 5.14 barrier! Check out the footage of Michael sending "The Prowler" (5.14a) below.
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We're honored to welcome Michael Hauck to the HIMALI athlete team! Mike has some serious projects under his belt, and plenty more in store. We look forward to sharing Mike's progress with all of you. We think he's got tons of potential and we're planning on helping him unleash it!
