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SUMMIT MAGAZINE

The Shard protest: a climber’s viewpoint (with video)

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23/07/2013

London: not well known for its big-wall routes. Until July 11, when six female climbers snuck in under cover of darkness to quietly start climbing the 310m-high Shard. Their aim was to make a very public stand against drilling for oil in the Arctic. We caught up with them to find out more about the protest and, most importantly, just what grade it went at.
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