Belen Prados, Caro North, Amelie Kuhne, and Julia Cassou recently made the first all-female ascent of the South African route on the east face of the Central Tower of Paine in Patagonia. They made a capsule-style ascent of the famous route over 13 days in less than ideal conditions. On the very first pitch, Belen was struck by rockfall and forced to stop for two days, but as North said, the rock improved into clean corners as they moved higher u…
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