Alex Honnold, Kelly Cordes, and Patagonia's Insane Compressor Route History || Climbing Gold Podcast

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Maestri did not reach the summit in 1970 by his own admission since he considered the ice cake at the top as "just a lump of ice, not really part of the mountain, and it will blow away one of these days". He stopped bolting some 30 meters before the end of the headwall but still on vertical terrain. Maestri idea was to remove all the bolts on the way down, but he gave up after chopping just a handful. To climb those last 35 vertical meters, and to complete the first ascent of the route Bridwell, and Brewer, placed a number of rivets, pitons and copperheads. Legend wants them to have used also the remains of chopped pitons to proceed

[@ScotchGambino]

Plz keep these extras coming.

[@lukogibbz3672]

Ueli Steck didn't have evidence in Annapurna also. They still gave him the award.

[@seanmcguire61]

😂 Like the image of a poetic yet manic Maestri bolting the hell out of a route.

[@Simonjose7258]

Wasn't it because nobody believed him that he had made the ascent the first time?

[@banmadabon]

Maestri🤡