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Borneo Big Wall Dispatch Video #6 “As Free As Can Be”

Mitch Vargas
Sports

The commute from base-camp on the ridge is over: the team commits to the wall. Life in the vertical world is based out of two hanging portaledges. Kevin and Conrad push the line higher into virgin terrain as Alex, Mark & Jimmy drop below to free climb pitches previously aid climbed. Alex shows how free […]

Borneo Big Wall Dispatch Video #3 “BaseCamp”

Mitch Vargas
Sports

The team made it up 6000ft vertical through six ecologic zones to base camp on a high ridge of Mt. Kinabalu. Although flat sleeping spots are non-exsistant and there is only a small pool of collected rain water, it is one the most awe inspiring, above the clouds camps we have ever experienced. We also […]