Piolets d'Or Announces the "Significant Ascents" of 2023
This list of 68 climbs is effectively a "long list" used to select nominees of the prestigious alpine award.
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In February 2015 boulderers Philippe Ribière and Dan Bates visited Canadian climber and Oman resident Read Macadam at his home in the Sultanate of Oman. With word of a treasure trove of massive potential for bouldering first ascents, they explored a remote canyon high in the Eastern Hajar mountain range on the eastern-most part of Arabia.
What they discovered is world class. Get transported back to another era – where tradition reigns – an ancient village settlement, nestled in a valley full of giant freestanding boulders, and join them as they establish first ascents in the home of an Arabic people from another time.
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Filmed by Miguel Willis www.miguelwillis.com
Produced and Edited by Read Macadam www.readmacadam.com
Feature Image © Read Macadam (Phillipe Rivière hanging on the rope)
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