Canada. Baffin land.
Climbing of Great Sail (1615 m) wall.

Total altitude difference: 1100 m, 6B A4 UIAA, 85-90°, May 12-26, 2002, new route. The summit was reached 12-00 p.m. May 26-27. Then, the jump from the summit was made by Russian basejumper Valery Rozov using wingsuit, 50 s of free slump. The team: Odintsov A., Ruchkin A., Klenov A., Devy M., Rozov V. Photos by Alexander Ruchkin and Valery Rozov.

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Great Sail. Sunrise. Great Sail Wall. Rozov is climbing up the fixed rope. Ruchkin on the rope: the sunset which even doesn't exist...
Canada. Baffin land. Great Sail. Ruchkin on the wall. Canada. Baffin land. Great Sail. On the platform. Canada. Baffin land. Great Sail. The platform. Canada. Baffin land. To the Great Sail. Snow tractor.
Alexander Ruchkin is climbing up the wall. Klenov on the platform. At the middle between the land and the sky: on the platform. Innuite is driving the "ski-do" (snow tractor) loaded with the expedition team and gear.
       
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