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Life on the Vertical
Mark Synnott March 21, 2013
Mark
Synnott is renowned in the climbing world for his many big wall and
alpine climbing adventures. His travels have taken him on more than 25
expeditions to places like Alaska, Baffin Island, Greenland, Iceland,
Patagonia, Guyana, Pakistan, Nepal, India, China, Tibet, Cameroon, Chad,
Borneo, and Pitcairn Island. One of the first climbers to explore
Baffin Island's remote east coast, Mark has been on five trips to the
island, and has pioneered four big wall first ascents in the area,
including a grade VII on the 4,700-foot north face of Polar Sun Spire --
an epic wall that required the team to spend 36 nights in portaledges.
Two years later, Mark returned to the same area with a team of North
Face Athletes to produce a big wall climbing documentary for the
National Geographic Society –one of six National Geographic-sponsored
expeditions he has participated in. Copies of Mark's book, Baffin
Island: Climbing, Trekking & Skiing, will be available for purchase
and book signing.
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