The Nose Freed Thrice This Fall: Seb Berthe, Barbara Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher
Belgian climber Sébastien Berthe freed the Nose at the beginning of the month. Now Zangerl and Larcher have done so, too.
Belgian climber Sébastien Berthe freed the Nose at the beginning of the month. Now Zangerl and Larcher have done so, too.
To Jacopo Larcher, Northern Italy’s Tribe represents not only his longest and most demanding project to date, but a six-year evolution from trad newcomer to one of the most versatile and accomplished climbers in the world.
Despite a damp start to the Yosemite season, Zangerl closed out her time in the Valley with an exclamation point.
After working it a bit on toprope, Cope took the climb down on just her third lead attempt.
The 2013 and 2014 Freeride World Tour Women's Ski Champion has made the second female ascent of the Beat Kammerlander trad testpiece Prinzip Hoffnung, 5.14 R.
"All I know is that for me personally it’s the hardest thing I’ve done," Larcher told R&I.
It seems there's nothing this pair can't do!
The Austrian climber has conquered her first 9a (5.14d), Speed Intégrale, in Voralpsee, Switzerland.
Barbara Zangerl guts it out on El Cap