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![Greenland 2010 roundup and Nico Favresse interview](/uploads/img/3/6058.jpg)
19/10/2010 - Alpinism
Greenland 2010 roundup and Nico Favresse interview Interview with Belgian climber Nicolas Favresse after his three month climbing and sailing trip to Greenland.
![Favresse, Villanueva and Ditto, final routes in Greenland](/uploads/img/3/5725.jpg)
09/09/2010 - Alpinism
Favresse, Villanueva and Ditto, final routes in Greenland Nico Favresse, his brother Olivier, Sean Villanueva and Ben Ditto are now sailing home after a final flurry up the granite walls of Greenland.
![The Devil’s Brew, new Greenland route for Favresse, Villanueva and Ditto](/uploads/img/3/5477.jpg)
30/07/2010 - Alpinism
The Devil’s Brew, new Greenland route for Favresse, Villanueva and Ditto From 12 to 22 July Nicolas Favresse, Olivier Favresse, Sean Villanueva and Ben Ditto of the Greenland 2010 expedition established The Devil’s Brew (850m) on Seagull wall, Greenland.
![Greenland 2010, two new routes for Favresse, Villanueva and Ditto](/uploads/img/3/5336.jpg)
07/07/2010 - Climbing
Greenland 2010, two new routes for Favresse, Villanueva and Ditto On the Red Wall in Greenland Nicolas Favresse and Ben Ditto carried out the first ascent of Seagull’s garden, while Olivier Favresse and Sean Villanueva established the nearby Red chili cracker.
![Greenland ahoy for Favresse, Villanueva and Ditto](/uploads/img/3/5259.jpg)
18/06/2010 - Alpinism
Greenland ahoy for Favresse, Villanueva and Ditto Climbers Nico and Olivier Favresse, Sean Villanueva and Ben Ditto are preparing for three month climbing trip to Greenland to explore huge virgin big walls.
![Charakusa Valley, new big wall in Karakorum](/uploads/img/3/3814.jpg)
28/09/2009 - Alpinism
Charakusa Valley, new big wall in Karakorum In August 2009 a four man team from Australia and New Zealand established Naughty Daddies (630m 7b), a new route on Nafees Cap, the massive granite spire detached from K7 in the Charakusa Valley, Karakorum, Pakistan.
![Baffin Island climbing, The Belgarian and more for Favresse, Villanueva and Hanssens](/uploads/img/3/3735.jpg)
08/09/2009 - Climbing
Baffin Island climbing, The Belgarian and more for Favresse, Villanueva and Hanssens Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva, Stéphane Hanssens and Olivier Favresse have recently returned from an expedition to Baffin Island where they carried out the first ascents of 3 different routes and attempted to free climb the Bavarian Direct on the South...
![Asgard Baffin Island expedition success for Favresse, Villanueva and Hanssens](/uploads/img/3/3717.jpg)
02/09/2009 - Alpinism
Asgard Baffin Island expedition success for Favresse, Villanueva and Hanssens Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva, Stéphane Hanssens and Olivier Favresse have recently returned from an expedition to Baffin Island where they carried out the first ascents of 3 different routes and attempted to free climb the Bavarian route on the South...
![Paine South African Route, interview with Favresse, Villanueva and Ditto](/uploads/img/3/2821.jpg)
12/02/2009 - Alpinism
Paine South African Route, interview with Favresse, Villanueva and Ditto Interview with Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva and Ben Ditto after their first free ascent of the South African Route on the East Face of the Central Tower of Paine, Patagonia.
![Free South Africa, first free route up the Central Tower of Paine for Favresse, Villanueva and Ditto](/uploads/img/3/2803.jpg)
10/02/2009 - Climbing
Free South Africa, first free route up the Central Tower of Paine for Favresse, Villanueva and Ditto After 11 days on the wall Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva amd Ben Ditto have carried out the first free ascent of the South African route on the East Face of the Central Tower of Paine, Patagonia.
![Favresse and Villanueva discover The Secret Passage, new route on El Capitan, Yosemite](/uploads/img/3/2445.jpg)
20/10/2008 - Climbing
Favresse and Villanueva discover The Secret Passage, new route on El Capitan, Yosemite At the start of October Nicolas Favresse and Sean Villanueva added a new free route, "The Secret Passage" 5.13c to El Capitan, Yosemite.
![Nicolas Favresse repeats Cobra Crack, Squamish, Canada](/uploads/img/3/2112.jpg)
28/07/2008 - Climbing
Nicolas Favresse repeats Cobra Crack, Squamish, Canada On 18/07/2008 Nicolas Favresse made the second ascent of Cobra Crack, first climbed by Sonnie Trotter at Squamish, Canada in 2006.
![Nicolas Favresse - trad climbing in Wales and England](/uploads/img/3/1926.jpg)
13/06/2008 - Climbing
Nicolas Favresse - trad climbing in Wales and England Nicolas Favresse and Sean Villanueva have just spent three weeks climbing in Wales, repeating a series of routes on Gogarth, Dinas Cromlech and Cloggy including John Redhead's masterpiece "Authentic desire" E7 6b.
![Nicolas Favresse repeats Greenspit and Itaca nel sole in Valle dell' Orco, Italy](/uploads/img/3/1853.jpg)
08/05/2008 - Climbing
Nicolas Favresse repeats Greenspit and Itaca nel sole in Valle dell' Orco, Italy Nicolas Favresse has made the first repeats of "Greenspit" 8b+ and "Itaca nel sole" 8b in the Orco valley, Italy.
![Charakusa Valley Pakistan: new big wall first ascents](/uploads/img/3/947.jpg)
20/09/2007 - Alpinism
Charakusa Valley Pakistan: new big wall first ascents This summer a four-man team comprised of the Belgians Sean Villanueva, Nicolas Favresse, his brother Olivier Favresse and Adam Pustelnik from Poland travelled to Pakistan where they made three impressive big wall first ascents in the Charakusa Valley.
![Belgians repeat Riders on the Storm, Patagonia](/uploads/img/3/43519.jpg)
17/02/2006 - Alpinism
Belgians repeat Riders on the Storm, Patagonia A strong young Belgian team comprised of Nicolas Favresse, Olivier Favresse, Seán Villanueva, Mike Lecomte and Philippe Ceulemans has made a rare repeat of Riders on the Storm, situated in the Torres del Paine and undoubtedly one of the crown...
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