Photojournalism: Honorable Mention 2021 (professional)
Pan Aroma by Piotrek Deska (Poland)
ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Łukasz Dudek is one of the strongest Polish climbers. He has many outstanding accomplishments on his resume. But he is still able to astonish the climbing community with his goals. One of them was the idea of climbing the famous Pan Aroma - a multi-pitch 8c route that forces the "roof of the world" on Cima Ovest. But to set the bar even higher, Łukasz decided to climb the route alone. The complexity of this type of solo climbing makes the whole task a lot more challenging. The final push took him 17 hours of continuous climb, and at 2 A.M. on August 8th he reached the top of Cima Ovest becoming one of the few people able to climb this jaw-dropping route and the first who did this alone.
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