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NEWS: Alpine-Style New Route on Jannu

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 Michael Ryan 22 Oct 2007
Valery Babanov and Sergey Kofanov have completed the northwest buttress of 7,710-meter Jannu in Nepal in a superb alpine-style ascent. The two men reached the summit on October 21 after eight days of climbing slowed by high winds. The new line, attempted by French teams in 1994 and 1998, climbs Jann...

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 Ian Parnell 23 Oct 2007
In reply to Mick Ryan - UKClimbing.com:

Wow!! Looks like Valery has turned up trumps - an utterly gobsmacking ascent. The new Russian style!
 alasdair19 23 Oct 2007
In reply to Mick Ryan - UKClimbing.com: awesome the cutting edge just got a whole lot more frightening!

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