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Old April 30th, 2017 #94
Alex Linder
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"Well they can't all be winners." --Billy Bob Thornton in Bad Santa

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/...aineering.html

Mr Hinke said Steck – known as the Swiss Machine – was famous for doing technically difficult climbs very fast and solo – including classic Alpine routes like the north face of the Eiger, which he completed in two hours and 47 minutes without using a rope.

He said: “He was pushing the envelope, but he was at the top of his game.



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