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GII Winter Expedition: After another three days of push on the mountain (-46°C)
We just returned to Base Camp after 3 nights and 4 days of hard work on the mountain. Last night was the coldest -46 ° C. We have had great difficulty in reaching the technical field 2. C1 we spent...
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Last night at 6500mt. Getting ready for the final summit push.
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GII Winter Expedition: Simone, Denis & Cory summit push | Camp 2 reached
The North Face athletes Simone Moro, Denis Urubko and Cory Richards have left Base Camp Sunday morning, January 30, for the first summit attempt. After a night at Camp 1 they kept going and they have...
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GII Winter Expedition: Simone Moro’s SMS from Camp 2 at 6500m
Simone, Cory and Denis are now heading for the summit, they have reached Camp 2 6500m, the only way to stay in touch now is by SMS, stay with us as we stay with them through this adventurous journey.
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GII Winter Expedition: Moro, Urubko & Richards have Reached Camp 3 (6,900m)
Now They Are Ready for the Final Summit Push to GII Having left base camp (5,100m) on Sunday January 30th 2011 at 07.00 a.m. (PKT Pakistan Standard Time), The North Face® expedition team arrived as...
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GII Winter Expedition: SUMMIT REACHED. HISTORY IS MADE
Today February 2nd, 2011 at 11:28 PKT (Pakistan Standard Time) It is the first over 8,000m to be climbed in Karakorum in the winter Season. The team is now descending from the top towards Camp 3. In a...
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GII Winter Expedition: From Summit Back to Base Camp
Today, while descending from Camp1 to Base Camp, Simone Denis and Cory got caught in an avalanche. I think the morale of the day is, as Simone said, that it truly is not over as long as you are not in...
View ArticleGII Winter Expedition: Celebrations and Emotions at the Summit
History was made on Februray the 4th, 2011- The first ever Winter ascent over 8000m in Karakorum.
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TNF Trans Gran Canaria 2011: Iturrieta, Chaigneau & Hawker Claim Top Spots
Join us in celebrating 1st place wins for The North Face®athletes Zigor Iturrieta (ESP) and Lizzy Hawker (GBR), and 3rd place spot for Sebastien Chaigneau (FRA), at the 123km ultra-race The North...
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Get Ready For (ep. 3) – The North Face TransGranCanaria Race Report
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqNSrrLA6G0 Get ready For( Ep.3) offers you key highlights and insights into the just concluded The North Face Trans Grandcanaria race. See how the athletes were able to...
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BRAZIL – PARADISE EXISTS! (Pou Brothers – March 3rd, 2011)
We are back from Brazil, and back from one of the most beautiful experiences that we have had deep water soloing. The South-American country, to which we had never been before, is simply brilliant:...
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Get Ready For (ep. 4) – Spring Training And The Importance of Nutrition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv6b6nhCTVU In this Get Ready For Ultra Season episode, Sebastien Chaigneau visits his team member Jez Bragg in the South West of England to train together for the spring...
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Exploring The Alps – The Project
The North Face Journal brings to you another mind blowing project of one of The North Face® Athletes Hervé Bermasse The Project: Three new routes, up three of the highest mountains in the Alps, in...
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Exploring the Alps: The Solo Ascent Of Matterhorn-Cervino
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxSZR0mvbuE On The 8th of April, 2011, The North face® athlete, Hervé Barmasse successfully opened a new route on the Italian face of the Matterhorn-Cervino during a solo...
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Muy Caliente With James Pearson
After being away from the UK trad climbing scene for a couple of years, where he mainly sport climbed, James wanted to go back to his specialty and decided to attempt to flash for the first time an...
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The Hardest of The Alps
Rock Climbing: Hardest of The Alps Athletes in the Expedition: Eneko Pou- Rock Climber Iker Pou – Rock Climber Date: Summer 2010 Products Tested: The Verto Jacket The Verto Pack The Half Dome Jacket...
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TIMELINE: Bonus Episode- How to Build Your Own Splitboard
With a growing desire to seek new lines away from the resort the demand for Splitboards has risen massively in the last couple years, In this video Xavier explains how to transform your regular board...
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Get ready For: Episode 5 – Safety
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgRU6igDQM8 In the first Get Ready For, The North Face® Ultra Trail du Mont-Blanc®, Sébastien Chaigneau visits the organizers of the race, Catherine and Michel Poletti....
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THE FIRST FREE ASCENT OF HALLUCINOGEN WALL
Ten meters, still ten meters to be climbed free on the thirteenth pitch. In the darkness of Black Canyon all you need to do is to look at a photo to understand how it got its name. There is not much...
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The Towers of the Ennedi Desert
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