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Bugaboos, Howser Towers, Canada, Leo Houlding, Will Stanhope

The West faces of North, Central and South Howser Towers, Bugaboos, Canada and the lines of the routes climbed in 23:30 by Leo Houlding and Will Stanhope - Photo by Marc Piché

The West faces of North, Central and South Howser Towers, Bugaboos, Canada and the lines of the routes climbed in 23:30 by Leo Houlding and Will Stanhope

Leo Houlding on the incredible 250m crux corner of 'All along the Watch Tower' on North Tower, Howser Towers, Bugaboos. The 1000m long climb is a major one-day objective in itself.

Leo Houlding on the incredible 250m crux corner of 'All along the Watch Tower' on North Tower of the Howser Towers, Bugaboos. The 1000m long climb is a major one-day objective in itself. (photo - )

Will Stanhope, Wilson Cutbirth, Waldo Etherington and Leo Houlding on the top of South Tower, Howser Towers, Bugaboos

The West faces of North, Central and South Howser Towers, Bugaboos, Canada

Will Stanhope belays Leo Houlding across the hardest pitch of the Bugaboos Howser Towers link-up. A delicate 5.12+ (E6) slab traverse linking the starkly contrasting brutal cracks of the steep, 500m Central tower.

Leo Houlding on the crux 5.10 (E2) pitch of the uber-classic, 600m, Becky / Chouinard on the South Tower of the Howser Towers, Bugaboos. One of the finest routes of its standard in the world.

Waldo Etherington, Wilson Cutbirth, Leo Houlding and Will Stanhope below the uber-classic, 600m, Becky / Chouinard on the South Tower of the Howser Towers, Bugaboos

Leo Houlding in the Bugaboos, Canada

Leo Houlding with eyes fixed on the summit of South Tower of the Howser Towers, Bugaboos, during a warm up ascent in the smoky haze from wild fires raging across British Columbia.

Waldo Etherington in the dawn light during a warm up ascent of the Becky / Chouinard on the South Tower of the Howser Towers, Bugaboos.