On Baffin Island, four adventurers from Canada and the United States have opened Lemnos on the Clouds (5.11+ A0) on Eglinton Tower, the first route of this magnitude to be completed by an all-female team. An expedition of approximately 250 km, on foot and skis, to reach this remote corner of the Canadian Arctic. But behind the technical feat and the beauty of the landscape, Heather Smallpage also reveals the human failings, tensions, and disagreements, far from the smiles of social medias.
“The first time the four of us saw each other was at the airport to go on an expedition, Heather Smallpage begins. We’ve never climbing together, with Shira Biner, Nathalie Afonina, and Kelly Fields. We knew it was a bold move to set off on such a big trip.” The whole project was set up remotely, through What’s App’ messages and calls. « It was madness,