Terwijl Martin Fickweiler onderussen bezig is met een solowinterbeklimming van zenyetta mondatta (VI-5.8-A4) in Yosemite Valley, vond ik nog enkele beelden van hun expeditie afgelopen zomer. Op 6 Augustus trokken 4 Nederlandse klimmers (Martin Fickweilern, Niek de Jonge, Gerke Hoekstra en Jelle Staleman) richting Oost Groenland om enkele onbeklommen toppen te gaan verkennen.

In a push on August 17, both pairs completed new routes to the top of The Cenotaph. Both routes followed familiar ground then continued up new terrain for the peak’s first ascent. Fickweiler and Hoekstra followed an obvious weakness to establish First Ascent Route (VII [5.10d], 900m). De Jonge and Staleman took a more direct line, Controversy (VII [5.10d], 900m), which intersected with the other team’s route up high.

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