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Los Gemelos - Torres del Paine - Chile green line The Slash Nicholson Zimmerman 2010 Blue Line Audios Ayer MatthewsTurner 2009 Ph. Ian Nicholson
PATAGONIA NEW ROUTE IN TORRES DEL PAINE AREA
The Slash IV+ 5.10b A2 on Los Gemelos
February 28, 2010
Americans Ian Nicholson and Graham Zimmerman have managed the first ascent of a new route on the East wall of Los Gemelos, in the area of Torres del Paine - Chile Patagonia.
The waether conditions were severe, but the duo climbed The Slash (IV+ 5.10b A2) mostly in free climb in 22 hours from/to BC
It should be the third ascent of the peak after the one in 2009 by Mark Matthews and Dave Turner, repeated the same year.
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Source: AAJ and Climbing
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Grant Zimmerman leading the seventh pitch of The Slash. Ph. Ian Nicholson
