Changabang North Face: difficult mixed climbing at 6500 m for Léo Billon, Sébastien Moatti and Sébastien Ratel
Groupe militaire de haute montagne Chamonix
Changabang North Face ascent video by Léo Billon, Sébastien Moatti, Sébastien Ratel
A first video of the repeat of the North Face of Changabang (6864 m), climbed alpine style from 11 - 13 May 2018 by French alpinists Léo Billon, Sébastien Moatti and Sébastien Ratel.
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Changabang North Face: difficult mixed climbing at 6500 m for Léo Billon, Sébastien Moatti and Sébastien Ratel
Groupe militaire de haute montagne Chamonix
After the news on Friday, here’s a short video of the spectacular Changabang North Face repeat carried out from 11 to 13 May 2018 by the French alpinists Léo Billon, Sébastien Moatti and Sébastien Ratel belonging to the elite Groupe Militaire de haute montagne (GMHM)
The trio followed a combination of two lines, the first attempted in 1996 and the second completed in 1997 by Britain’s Andy Cave and Brendan Murphy up the splendid "Shining Mountain" in the Garhwal Himalaya in India.
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