A hard mountain man

April 2012

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April 2012

Cerre Torre and the Compressor Route. Photo: Mike Franklin
There is a well-known saying in mountaineering circles: ‘There are old climbers and there are bold climbers but there are no old bold climbers.’ If ever there was a bona-fide case for this adage it would have to be that of Bill Denz, writes Paul Maxim Bill Denz, a Kiwi climbing sensation, was descending from […]

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