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Eye of the Storm

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Over the past decade, Castle Mountain has become a popular early-season peak for mixed rock and ice routes. The newest route is the 700-metre Eye of the Storm IV M6 WI5 by Ethan Berman and Maarten van Haeren. Eye of the Storm was van Haeren’s second new route on the northern aspect of Storm. In 2015, he, Ian Welsted and Jay Mills made the first ascent of Canoeing to Cuba on the northeast face at IV M4 WI5. In the same year, Yamada Toshiyuki and Takeshi Tani made the first ascent of Kogarashi IV WI4 5.6.

 ??  ?? Below: Ethan Berman on the first ascent of
Eye of the Storm, west of Banff
Below: Ethan Berman on the first ascent of Eye of the Storm, west of Banff
 ??  ?? Left: Maarten van Haeren up on an amazing corner of Eye of the Storm
Left: Maarten van Haeren up on an amazing corner of Eye of the Storm

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