Mega New Mixed Route in Newfoundland is WI7+ M12

Will Mayo and partners have established one of Canada’s most difficult traditional winter mixed routes.

Last year, Mayo established Apocalypse Now WI7 M9, which he sent with Anna Pfaff. This year, he established and sent The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe WI7+ M12 on gear.

Mayo sent the big mixed route on March 11 with Chelsea Rude. “Yesterday, on the crux sixth pitch, I took a 30-foot whipper onto a pair of equalized pitons, pumped out of my mind,” Mayo wrote on his Facebook page.

“Today, Chelsea Rude and I sent this magnificent cutting-edge pitch and took this year’s Newfoundland traditional mixed project to the top through a giant ice roof which defies description.

“This route is exponentially more difficult and exciting than any route I have ever climbed, it’s the high water mark of my career.”

For daily updates from Mayo’s mega climb, which he established with a number of partners, visit his Facebook page here and Instagram here.