Climbers Aim for Alaska’s Moose’s Tooth in Winter
One year after establishing a big wall route in Greenland, the duo are in Alaska to attempt an alpine line
Polish climbers Marcin Tomaszewski and Pawel Haldas are in Alaska and will be making their way to Moose’s Tooth, one of America’s most iconic granite peaks.
The duo are hoping to take a bush plane into Denali National Park to attempt an unspecified project. “Not much has changed since our last trip (last year’s winter Greenland with Paul),” Tomaszewski said after arriving in Talkeetna. “During calendar winter, climbers don’t visit this area often, it will be just us.”
Few climbers have attempted routes before the summer season in the area, however in 2013 Dani Arnold and the late David Lama made the first ascent of Bird of Prey, a 1,500-metre 6a A2 M7+ 90°. They spent 48 climbing the route, watch highlights from it below. In his American Alpine Journal story, Lama said, “The morning sun is burning on my back, and still it’s brutally cold.”
Last year, Tomaszewski and Haldas made the first ascent of Fram up the Oqatssut Wall in Greenland in winter, read more about the 700-metre VI M5 A3 C2 here.
Bird of Prey
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