SMC Zoom lecture Tuesday 9 February 2021 Tom Livingstone - Latok 1

The Club will present a talk via Zoom on Tuesday 9 February at 8.00pm by Tom Livingstone on his incredible ascent of Latok 1 (7145m) in .

In a sub-range of Pakistan’s called lies a cluster of mountains: Latok I (7,145m), Latok II (7,108m), Latok III (6,949m) and Latok IV (6,456m). Though Latok I was first climbed in 1979 via the East Ridge by two teams of Japanese climbers, the grand prize on that mountain, the 2,500m North Ridge had rejected some 30 teams who attempted it (40 in total if you count those that never made it past base-camp) since 1978. That was until Aleš Česen (Slovakia), Luka Stražar (Slovakia) and Tom Livingstone (UK) completed the first ascent of the north side of the mountain. Base-camp to base-camp the trio spent seven days climbing two-thirds of the ridge before cutting right and heading up the north face to reach the summit.

Tom Livingstone from Llanberis works as an outdoor instructor. In 2017 he made the first winter ascent of British Columbia’s Slesse Mountain (2,400m) via the Navigator Wall (700m, 6b M7+ R) with the late Marc Andre Leclerc. He made the youngest British ascent of the Cassin Ridge (AK5) on and in spring 2017 he attempted the Slovak Direct on the south face of Denali but retreated due to weather.

This is definitely the way to enjoy mountaineering on a dark February night!

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