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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada, Mark Synnott (MR) free climbs on first pitch of upper wall, Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall rock climb.
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  • Expedition members exult after the first ascent of the north face of Great Sail Peak, an arctic big wall climb on Canada's Baffin Island.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Mark Synnott belays as Alex Lowe leads extreme aid climbing high on Great Sail Peak, an Arctic, big wall rock climb above frozen lake in Stewart Valley. (MR)
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  • 3,000 feet above the ground on a huge, overhanging granite cliff - the northernmost big wall climb yet attempted at the time - mountaineer Greg Child pounds a piton into a thin crack that is the only route upwards.  He is lit by frigid midnight sun, north of the Arctic Circle, and progress was so slow that the team required nearly a month to complete the route.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Greg Child & Mark Synnott endure extended rain in portaledge camp high on Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall rock climb.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Mark Synnott & Greg Child (MR) endure rain & wind during descent from month-long, big wall rock climbing expedition on Great Sail Peak.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. A sleepy Mark Synnott belays a climber from inside his Portaledge, high on Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall climb.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada.  Alex Lowe (MR) ascends rope above hanging camp on Great Sail Peak, on last day of month-long, Arctic big wall climb above frozen lake in Stewart Valley.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe aid climbs high on Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall rock climb above frozen lake in Stewart Valley.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Rock climbers's haul bags on Great Sail Peak after month-long big wall expedition. Stewart Valley & frozen lake bkg.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA. A rock climbing expedition prepares to lower huge haul bags that are used to drag food, water and equipment up a big wall climb.  This load was so heavy that the friction generated by a braking device almost melted the rope.
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  • MOUNTAINEERING. Alex Lowe & Greg Child sleep atop Great Sail peak after month-long big wall climb on north face of an arctic cliff.
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  • Expedition members exult after the first ascent of the north face of Great Sail Peak, an arctic big wall climb on Canada's Baffin Island.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe (MR) reaches summit of Great Sail Peak after month-long big wall climb above Stewart Valley.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Mark Synnott (MR) free climbs below summit of Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall climb above Stewart Valley.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada.  Alex Lowe (MR) ascends rope above hanging camp on Great Sail Peak, on last day of month-long, Arctic big wall climb above frozen lake in Stewart Valley.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe aid climbs high on Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall rock climb above frozen lake in Stewart Valley.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe (MR) aid climbs high on Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall rock climb above frozen lake in Stewart Valley.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe (MR) monitors climbing progress on radio from Portaledge camp on Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall climb.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Jared Ogden (MR) wakes up in hanging Portaledge camp, halfway up Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall climb.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada, Mark Synnott views midnight sun from Portaledge camp, halfway up Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall climb above frozen lake in Stewart Valley.
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  • 3,000 feet above the ground on a huge, overhanging granite cliff - the northernmost big wall climb yet attempted at the time - mountaineer Greg Child pounds a piton into a thin crack that is the only route upwards.  He is lit by frigid midnight sun, north of the Arctic Circle, and progress was so slow that the team required nearly a month to complete the route.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Greg Child (MR) makes awkward aid climbing moves during rain storm high on Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall climb above Stewart Valley.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Greg Child climbs into storm above Portaledge camp, halfway up Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall rock climb.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Mark Synnott, exhausted by hauling huge bags up Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall climb above Stewart Valley. Jared Ogden helps. (MR)
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Portaledge bivouac camp, during big wall rock climbing expedition on Great Sail Peak.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Big wall rock climbing camp half way up Great Sail Peak, a huge Arctic cliff above Stewart Valley.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe prepares to rappel, high on Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall climb above frozen lake in Stewart Valley.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA. Alex Lowe (MR) makes difficult hook moves, aid climbing high on Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall rock climb.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. John Catto films Jared Ogden & Mark Synnott (MR) high on 4000' granite face of Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall climb.
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  • A mountaineer aid climbs high up a big wall on Great Sail Peak, a massive cliff on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND,  Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe & John Catto (MR) relax after long day climbing on Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall climb above frozen lake in Stewart Valley.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Mark Synnott (MR) eats freeze-dried dinner during Great Sail Peak big wall climbing expedition.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Mark Synnott (MR), belays from bosun's chair on north face of Great Sail Peak (Arctic big wall rock climb) as he sorts through hardware that includes cams, pitons, slings, carabiners, ropes, etc.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe (MR) uses drill to place bolt for belay station on  Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall rock climb.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Jared Ogden (MR) during big wall climbing expedition to Great Sail Peak in Stewart Valley.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Greg Child (MR) sorts equipment for Arctic big wall climb on huge Great Sail Peak, above frozen lake in Stewart Valley.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Mark Synnott (MR), tired from hauling heavy load up Great Sail Peak during Arctic big wall climb.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe (MR) harnesses up at start of Great Sail Peak big wall climbing expedition.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA. Jon Catto, Greg Child & Mark Synnott (MR) set up a hanging Portaledge camp, high on upper headwall of Great Sail Peak, a 4,000-vertical-foot, overhanging granite wall.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Climbers on steep lower wall, Great Sail Peak (Stewart Valley)
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  • Conrad Anker ascends a rope high on Rakekniven ("The Razor"), a towering granite fin in the Filchner Mountains of Antarctica's Queen Maud Land.  Behind are the Fenris Mountains.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Mark Synnott (MR) rappels down huge Great Sail Peak after ferrying loads to a high camp.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. John Catto (MR) carries heavy haul bag up Great Sail Peak, above Stewart Valley.
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  • MOUNTAINEERING, ANTARCTICA. Alex Lowe in Portaledge camp 1700' up Rakekniven spire, Filchner Mountains, Queen Maud Land.
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  • Jay Jensen organizes rope on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. John Catto (MR) carries heavy haul bag up Great Sail Peak, above Stewart Valley.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe, bathed in Arctic midnight sun, rappels from day's high point on upper wall of Great Sail Peak, an extreme northern big-wall rock climb.
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  • Mountaineer Mark Synnott dozes during a ten hour belay as Alex Lowe leads extreme aid climbing on Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big-wall rock climb on Canada's Baffin Island. (An automatic belay device would catch a fall).
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe (MR) clowns during Arctic big-wall climbing expedition on Great Sail Peak.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe (MR) leads a very difficult aid pitch, high on Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big-wall rock climb. If he falls, all anchors (except his belay) could pull out.
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  • ROCK CLIMBING. Climbing hardware stored at a big-wall belay station, including (L to R) chocks, camming devices (cams), slings & pitons. Great Sail Peak expedition, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
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  • Gallatin Towers granite formations - a popular climbing area - rise on walls of Gallatin Canyon in Gallatin National Forest, near Bozeman, Montana.
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  • Gallatin Towers granite formations - a popular climbing area - rise on walls of Gallatin Canyon in Gallatin National Forest, near Bozeman, Montana.
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  • Alex Lowe glimpses Antarctica's Queen Maud Land for the first time from the cockpit of a C-130 Hercules aircraft, en route to a big wall climbing expedition.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Canada, Successful expedition atop Great Sail Peak, after extreme big wall climb.
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  • Alex Lowe climbs on a boulder at the base camp for big wall climbing expedition up Great Sail Peak (not visible) on Canada's Baffin Island.
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  • EXPEDITION. Michael Graber show feelings about breakfast in base camp for big wall expedition to climb Rakekniven Spire in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Michael Graber (MR) waits out a storm and whiteout in base camp for a big wall climbing expedition to the Filchner Mountains. Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags hang in background
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  • Rick Ridgeway waits to climb a rope on Rakekniven ("The Razor"), a huge overhanging big wall in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Jon Krakauer jumars on Rakekniven spire, Filchner Mts.  Note spiderweb of ropes used for big wall climb.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Helicopter retrieves equipment after Great Sail Peak big wall climbing expedition.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Jared Ogden & Greg Child on summit of Great Sail Peak, after month-long big wall climb above Stewart Valley. (MR)
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  • A Big Wall climber hauls heavy bags up an Arctic cliff on Baffin Island.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA. Greg Child (MR) bouldering at base camp during big wall climbing expedition to Great Sail Peak.
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  • ROCK CLIMBING. Big wall climbing hardware, including carabiners, cams, chocks, pitons, hooks, slings, bashies & a hammer.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND. Greg Child goofs off in Clyde River, en route to big wall climbing expedition.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Alex Lowe & Jared Ogden work out in Clyde River, en route to big wall climbing expedition.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND. Mark Synnott talks on phone to fiancee before departing Clyde River, enroute to 2-month big wall climbing expedition.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND. Expedition members in Clyde River, enroute to big wall climbing expedition.
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  • Mountaineers relax during a month-long, big-wall ascent of Great Sail Peak.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Mark Synnott advises big-wall climbers about route as he watches through telephoto lens from base camp.
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