On narrow crest of Statham Peak, Perplex Ridge. Patrick Wagnon
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2009-10 Antarctic Peninsula summary.
By Damien Gildea, Australia
The highlight of the Antarctic season was undoubtedly the string of big climbs done by the French team of Mathieu Cortial, Lionel Daudet, and Patrick Wagnon, traveling aboard Isabelle Autissier’s Ada II. This was Daudet’s third voyage to the mountains of the far south, having climbed new routes on Kerguelen in 2006 and traversed South Georgia—with a new variant on Mt. Paget—in 2007. This third installment of his southern trilogy was arguably the most significant and successful climbing expedition to the Antarctic Peninsula in modern times…. (read more)
