The Greatest Lie Chapter 3: Fair Means

Climbing Gold

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 849 Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In the 2000’s, a new, global generation of alpinists armed with a broad toolkit of skills and advancements in weather forecasting led a climbing golden age in Patagonia. While popular, Maestri’s Compressor Route becomes the target of climbers looking to leave a lasting impression on the sport. Thanks to our sponsors The North Face Momentous Peak Design Dr. Squatch Watch Climbing Gold on YouTube

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0:00.0	Previously on climbing gold.
0:03.0	Nobody really tried to defend the compressor out.
0:05.6	Totally unprecedented tactics.
0:08.1	Bam, bam, bam, bam, bolts.
0:09.8	Every fucking wear.
0:11.3	Meistery had chopped the last hundred feet of bolts.
0:14.5	This seemed like the work of a madman.
0:16.2	So I knew then that not only had they not climbed Cerilotauri,
0:22.9	but they hadn't been to the Col of Conquest.
0:28.4	First time unequivocally that Cerroix had been climbed from the North in history.
0:30.6	It was the final nail in the coffin.
0:33.3	This is part three of the greatest lie.
0:37.2	A four-part series about one of climbing's greatest controversies.
0:40.0	Sometimes writing a wrong comes at a cost.
0:41.3	I'm Alex Honnold.
0:42.5	I'm Fiske Hall.
0:44.0	And I'm Lauren Delany Miller.
0:45.9	This is climbing gold.
0:49.3	Chapter 3. Fair Means.
0:57.9	In the 50 years following the first attempts on Ceratory, climbing gear changed a lot.
0:59.1	That's an understatement.
1:02.6	Modern curved ice tools allowed for more technical ice climbing.
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