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Team Bios
| | Jimmy Chin |
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A climber, writer and photographer, Jimmy Chin hails from Jackson, Wyoming, where he also works as a climbing guide. In 1999, Chin took his big wall climbing skills, honed in the crucible of Yosemite, to the towers of the Charakusa Valley in Pakistan, where he did the first ascents of the North Face of Fathi Brakk (Grade VI, 5.10 A3) and the East Face of Beatrice Tower (Grade VI, 5.10+ A3). Jimmy was the organizer of the Forbidden Towers Expedition. This is his first expedition to Patagonia.
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| | Brady Robinson |
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A climbing guide and director of South American programs for the North Carolina Outward Bound school, Robinson has quietly put together a strong alpine big wall resumé. Robinson spent the summer of 1999 in the Charakusa Valley, where he knocked off the first ascent of the Tavis Route on Parhat Brakk (Grade VI, 5.11 A3), as well as the first ascent of the North Face of Fathi Brakk with Jimmy Chin. From there, he journeyed to Patagonia, where he and Ben Gilmore climbed a new route on the North Pillar of Fitz Roy that they dubbed Diedro Directo (Grade VI, 5.9 A3).
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CLIMB ON: Climbing Glossary | Power of Friendship | Forbidden Towers | Diedro Directo
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