Friday, March 22, 2013 20H
Casino Modern André
Dumontlaan 2
Genk
Belgie
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Samedi 23 mars 19H
Salle d’escladade Terres neuves
Bruxelles
Belgique
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Lundi 25 mars les nuit de la montagne
Grand Rex à Paris
France
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Jeudi 28 mars
Gent
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06/11/2012: Leuven
20h, ON2 04.223 - Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, http://www.luak.be
07/11/2012: Oostende
20h, Cinema Rialto - Langestraat 39 Oostende, www.brosbarbier.be
08/11/2012: Angleur
20h, Country Hall d’Angleur, http://www.cabliege.org/
10/11/2012: Braine-l’Alleud
20h, Altitude CCM, Centre sportif Cardinal mercier, 83 ch de Mont-St-Jean, 1420 Braine-l’Alleud, www.ccmsports.be
13/11/2012: Brugge
www.aventura.be
14/11/2012: Mons
20h, Salle d’escalade Face Nord, Chemin Chêne aux Haies, 2 à 7000 Mons, www.facenord.be
15/11/2012: Namur
20h, Auditoire Pedro Arupe, rue Grangagnage, 5000 Namur, namur.clubalpin.be
16/11/2012: Arlon
20h15, Salle Ysaye, Place des Chasseurs Ardennais, 6700 Arlon, www.escalpades.eu
17/11/2012: Louvain-La-Neuve
20h, Salle d’escalade Entre Ciel et Terre, Cenre sportif du Blocry, Place des Sport, 1 à 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, www.entrecieletterre.be

When we came back to the wall with an extra load of food, suddenly one line, as improbable as it looked, stood out and then we set out for our second vertical adventure up Amuri but knowing that chances of failure would be higher than success. Even if from the ground only the first couple pitches looked more or less obvious and not so steep, the climbing was wild and adventurous right from the start. Plants, lose blocks, poor protections, wet holds and occasional visit of animals made the climbing very exciting! Between all of us we took a record of about 20 falls but thankfully the wall is so steep all you do is fly in the air. But out of all of us Sean owns the hairier ones with his 40m fall on the second pitch (see details on the attaches pictures) which resulted in some serious burns on Jean-Louis’s hands but also a few other spectacular ones with memorable nasty core shots on the double ropes. It was tricky to decide what to do with Jean-Louis fingers in order to avoid infection. So we waited 4 days extra on the ground to see how his wounds would evolve. Fortunately eventually, it improved and he managed to join us for the ride on our exploration unfortunately though without being able to climb or belay.

After our first line on Amuri we retuned to the small village of Yunek to collect the rest of food we had left behind there. That’s where we finally caught up with the other team: Mason, Siebe, George and Sam, who were airing for their plane to fly out. Even though we spent 10 days hanging on the wall, not too far away from each other, it was difficult to harmonize the notes because of the distance and the speed of sound, so finally Yunek was the first time we could really JAM together, and also catch up and talk.

They told us about their ascent, the difficulties, the obstacles and the magical moments. Even though they will never hear us say it, the line they choose is amazing, obvious and (you never heard this from us) a “king line”. When they raved about their ascent obviously we were very tempted to go back and try to free climb their line. Now that they had explored the line it would be a lot easier for us to repeat it and thus leave us a lot more time to try and free climb the line (they did not manage to free the line entirely due to difficulty and lack of time). They flew away, and we returned into the bushes to have Amori to ourselves. All alone. When we returned to the wall, our vision had changed and we dared to imagine things… we set our eyes on a different line… (obviously the real king line).

We will be updating this website regularly for the next few weeks with more info and pictures!

Rrrraaaackkkk!!!

They are doing very well! They just spent a few long days on the cliff and had to go down because they ran out of food… I guess they didn’t want to eat roasted spiders anymore…

They didn’t tell me what they actually did on that face… Surprise, surprise… They should be heading home in a few days. Stay tuned for more news (and pictures)!

I hope everything is rolling good for you guys. Here we are in Venezuela enjoying 40°c of contrast with the winter we just left. Conditions are extreme here. We have to be very careful with crocodiles when swimming…. The locals ask us why we spend so much money to go suffer in the jungle when we can just stay here in Cuidad De Bolivar… and we ask ourselves the same question. So maybe we’ll just stay here next to the pool where in is plenty extreme enough….

We have just finished buying all our food and last supplies to go off into the wild jungle for 45 days of complete autonomy. Tomorrow morning, we take a small plane that will fly us over the Gran Sabana and drop us in the small amazonian village of Yunek located at the hearth of the Tepuis mountains. From then on, we will be completely disconnected from internet and as soon as we will set off into the jungle, there should be just us and all the wild animals. Four days of hiking will lead us to our monster big wall. Let’s hope he is not too mean to us!

Via a satellite phone, we will update our blog : www.xpedition.be and our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/xpeditionbe

You can check them already for the latest news.

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Greetings from Cuidad Bolivar,

Nico, Sean, stephane and Jean-louis