The Old Man of Hoy – Sea Stack Climbing
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German climber-photographer-filmmakers Nico Altamaier, Thomas Tauporn, Selina Tauporn and Markus Urbanowski visited Scotlands Orkney Islands in 2016. In this short video from that trip, they climb the classic sea stack, The Old Man Of Hoy. To learn more about their trip, read Ubranowski’s trip report here.