Mount Asgard, Northeast Face and Mount Frigga

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M ount Asgard, N ortheast Face and M ount Frigga, West Pillar. John Rzeczycki and I spent 50plus days in the A sgard region o f Baffin Island from late June through late August. A fter arriv­ ing at Base Camp via helicopter, we spent 20 days establishing a new wall route on Mt. Asgard, Exiles From Valhalla (VI A5) on the northeast face of A sgard’s north tower, ju st to the right o f the Valkarie. Clim bing was sustained aid on steep rock up a thin discontinuous line. After summiting and rapping the route, we spent 17 days establishing the first wall route on the over­ hanging west pillar of Mt. Frigga, Slith, the Frightful (VI A5), named after a river in Norse mythology that was so cold it burned. Again, the climbing was sustained aid on steep and over­ hanging rock up thin features. We spent the next six days hiking double loads out the Weasel Valley to the fjord where we radioed for a boat which took us back to Pangnirtung. W ally B a r k e r ,

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