Climber Mo BeckSA国际影视传媒檚 first remote climb was in the area of Nahanni National Park Reserve known as the Cirque of the Unclimbables, but she says word is spreading that it hosts some of the most scenic climbing available.

The Colorado-based climber says she was preparing for the trip, which took place this past August, for a year leading up the time she and her friend Jim Ewing arrived.

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While Beck says the 670-metre ascent of the Lotus Flower Tower is the SA国际影视传媒渃rown jewelSA国际影视传媒� of Nahanni for climbing, park superintendent Jonathan Tsetso says, SA国际影视传媒渙ther less-known climbing areas such as Mount Nirvana and the Vampire Peaks are seeing modest increases in climbers.SA国际影视传媒�

Tsetso says a steady average of 37 climbers have visited the park annually over the last six years, but this past summer nearly doubled that number, with 57 climbers in 16 climbing groups SA国际影视传媒� SA国际影视传媒渙ur highest number ever,SA国际影视传媒� he said.

Beck says the Cirque was bustling with climbers while she and Ewing were there, saying they saw around other six climbing parties in the area at any given time they were there..

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Beck and Ewing are both adaptive climbers, she having been born without her left hand and he having lost his lower left leg three years ago after falling 15 metres during a climb.

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Ewing had long had his sights set on the park, she says and invited her along on the trip, which was filmed for a documentary called Adaptive, to be released next year, presented by Sterling Rope Company Ltd.

Beck uses the stump of her left arm with some medical tape to protect the skin, but Ewing takes SA国际影视传媒渁daptiveSA国际影视传媒� to the next level.

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The two slept in bivy bags on a ledge in the middle of their ascent and when they woke up, Jim was violently ill. Despite his flu-like symptoms, they pushed on, albeit with assistance from the film crew which had set up lines to the top SA国际影视传媒� rather than the climbersSA国际影视传媒� original plan to go up unassisted, anchoring in along the way.

If that still sounds hardcore, Beck says she felt a bit shown up by other climbers in the area who had paddled for a week with their climbing gear to get to the area and spent the rest of their time climbing. She says she was one of few parties that just flew in.

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Tsetso says paddlers still make up the vast majority of Nahanni visitors, with 727 travelling the parkSA国际影视传媒檚 rivers this season.