History Made with New Baffin Island Route - Gripped Magazine

History Made with New Baffin Island Route - Gripped Magazine

Shira Biner, Kelly Fields, and Heather Smallpage have made the first ascent of a 600-metre route on Eglinton Tower, Baffin Island. They called it Lemnos in the Clouds and graded it 5.11+ A0. A fourth climber, Natalie Afonina, was also on the expedition but was not part of the new route. The team said on social media, “Twelve long pitches, one shiver bivy, and 600 meters later, we made it to the summit of the first tower on Eglington. When we arr…

All-Female Team Establishes New Route on Baffin Island Tower » Explorersweb

Shira M. Biner, Kelly Fields, and Heather B. Smallpage have done a new 550m big-wall route on Eglinton Tower’s buttress on Baffin Island, Canada. This marks the first route of its length and difficulty (5.11+ A0) by an all-female team on Baffin Island. The group included Natalie Afonina. Shira M. Biner, Kelly Fields, Heather B. Smallpage, and Natalie Afonina. Photo: Natalie Afonina   The daunting buttress rose approximately 893m above their Base…