A First Ascent for History
in Erick by Erick — November 22, 2009 at 9:42 am | 0 comments
Recently Pete Athans led a National Geographic team on a first ascent in Nepal. What is unique about this is they were climbing to an ancient set of ruins to recover ancient manuscripts. At one point setting three foot deep anchors only to watch them crumble. (Via National Geographic Adventure)
http://ngadventure.typepad.com/blog/2009/11/relics-recovered-a-pair-of-worldclass-climbers-goes-where-archaeologists-cant.html
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Erick Pound is an avid adventure traveler and founder of Adventure Insider. He currently spends his time climbing, snowboarding, backpacking, hiking, and learning new sports.