Germans Repeat Big Baffin Island Route on the Turret

Robert Jasper and Stefan Glowacz have returend from a multi-week trip to Baffin Island. The team repeated the 1995 15-pitch 5.10 A3 called Nuvualik climbed by Mark Synnott, Jerry Gore and Warren Hollinger on the Turret. The Synnott team thought they were the first to climb the feature, but found a bolt near the top. Synnott discovered later it belonged to a Swiss team that climbed the South Pillar 5.10 A3+ in 1987. Synnott’s team climbed their new route in a 40-hour push.

Glowacz and Jasper set out at the end of May with photographer Kalus Fengler to document the expedition, which they made without relying on motorized vehicles. The Turret is on the west shore of the Sam Ford Fjord and has an El Cap-sized west face with three major routes. Canadians Joshua Lavigne, Paul McSorley, Tony Richardson and Crosby Johnston visited the are in 2014. After a new route attempt on the still-unclimbed east face, Johnston and Lavigne made the first ascent of the north pillar at 5.12 A1.

Unsere Baffin Island Expedition mit Stefan Glowacz, Robert Jasper und Fotograf Klaus Fengler geht nach 4 Wochen, 27 Std. Kletterei in der Turrek NW und ca. 350 km Laufstrecke zu Ende. @marmot_mountain_europe @lowa.sportschuhe @zeissoutdoor @canondeutschland @ortovox #Baffin Island #expedition #adventure #travel

A photo posted by Klaus Fengler (@klausfengler) on Jun 30, 2016 at 10:49am PDT