New Route on Uli Biaho Tower 8/17/13 - Three Italian climbers have completed a new route on Uli Biaho Tower in Pakistan, the spectacular 20,043-foot granite needle first climbed by Americans Bill Forrest, Ron Kauk, John Roskelley, and Kim Schmitz in 1979, a landmark big-wall ascent in the high Karakoram. Matteo Della Bordella, Luca Schiera, and Silvan Schüpbach climbed the southwest [...]
Aug. 17, 2013 - Climbing Magazine