First Ascent of the Polar Bear Fang

Accomplished climber Mike Libecki has set his mind to a life-long search to find the last remaining world-class first ascents on giant rock formations. Actually, he plans to do a hundred expeditions by the time he turns 100 years old. Earlier this year, Mike and his brother Andy headed to a remote fjord east off Greenland to climb several towers from which the Polar Bear Tooth, a gigantic, unknown, never-climbed-before rock resembling a giant polar bear fang was the main objective. Mike had been planning this 16 pitches at 5.11 climb for the past decade but only recently he had the privilege to attempt the first ascent of this virtually unknown wall in the middle of nowhere.