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Arrans Free-Climb Wild Venezuelan Wall — The British couple John and Anne Arran, veterans of several big new routes on Venezuela’s remote sandstone walls, have completed their “most adventurous big-wall expedition yet”: the all-free first ascent of Amurí Tepui, alongside a 2,000-foot waterfall that is so isolated it has no known name. Over a week of effort, the two completed a 10-pitch route called Amurita (E7 6b) with sustained 5.12 climbing.
