Jon Griffith and Ueli Steck on Les Drus
Jon Griffith and Ueli Steck make the first free and one day winter ascent of the Lesueur Route on Les Drus.
Grosvenor Sees Third Ascent
First light revealed our next challenge; an eight-inch strip of ice transecting the rock band above. We packed up, and I started climbing. A few delicate tool placements and some dry tooling allowed access to the more moderate slope above. Shortly after Jeff began to simulclimb with me, I found myself at another intimidating challenge, another section of vertical, rotten “snice.” I did my best to not pull the pitch down on myself and, fortunately, was able to place a cam halfway up.
A Desert Life – A Film About Alf Randell
“I met Alf, the first day I was in the Creek on a recent road trip. He was kicking it in his camper out in the desert by himself. and it just struck me as an extremely intriguing story. I mean here is a guy who actively decided to live out in the desert as much as he can. I wanted to explore why that is, and what it is that he loves so much about that place.”
