Picaflor
Picaflor
"I’m tied in at the base of pitch 20 ready for 35 meters of battle.
I close my eyes, take a few deep breaths, and try to stifle the ever-present pain in my toes. It’s been a long two months of trying this route, and I’m readying myself for the last try on the last day.
Over 2,000 feet of granite sweeps away to the jungle below as I ready myself for the final try of the trip. In this moment, it’s now or never."
Rab athletes Hayden Jamieson and Bronwyn Hodgins, along with team mates Danford Jooste, Tyler Karow, and Jaron Pham headed to Cochamo, Chile, with their eyes on a big wall objective that would lead them up an imposing 1000m granite face, that had yet to see a free ascent.
"We knew that the route would go free, except for one single foot move that I had yet to solve."
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