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On 9 March 2019, it was confirmed that the bodies of
Ballard and Nardi had been found "in a place that was difficult to reach but everything possible would be done to try and recover them." Footage of the bodies was published by Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo and Alex Txikon with the permission of the
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climber Alex Txikon, continuing the search, spotted the outline of two bodies in the rocky part of the
Mummery Spur on the mountain. After Txikon sent photographs to the families, to Agostino Da Polenza, an Italian climber who had been coordinating the search on behalf of the Nardi family, and to
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in 2009, naming it "Seven
Pillars of Wisdom" and completed the first solo climb of the Eiger winter route "Piola-Sprungli" in 2010. This was followed in 2013 by a first free ascent in winter of "Olimpia – going for gold" on
292:. The last communication with the climbers was made on 24 February. Approximately 148,000 euros were raised by friends to fund a search mission. The rescue attempt, which began on 28 February, involved high-altitude
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routes. He established a new 26-pitch rock climb "Dirty Harry" on the northwest face of
Civetta and a new mixed route "Titanic" on the north face of the Eiger. He also created what was at the time the world's hardest
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and the Eiger) solo, being the first person to complete this feat in a single winter season without a support team. A film chronicling this project,
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climb, "A line above the sky" in the
Dolomites. He attempted the previously unclimbed North East face of Link Sar in Pakistan with Italian climber
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In 2019, whilst climbing together again, Nardi and
Ballard disappeared during bad weather on an expedition to
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1096:"Tom Ballard & Daniele Nardi Rescue Update: Two Silhouettes Identified. Search is Not Over"
768:""Tom": il film sull'alpinista Ballard conquista i film festival internazionali della montagna"
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1147:"Nardi-Ballard: il riepilogo della giornata di oggi al Nanga Parbat"
1122:"Father of lost climber Tom Ballard is reliving wife's death on K2"
921:"Tom Ballard, Son of Alison Hargreaves, Disappears on Nanga Parbat"
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In September 2021 the BBC broadcast the 110-minute documentary
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In 2016, Ballard established several new rock, mixed and
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Alpine, greater ranges, mixed, dry-tooling, traditional
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522:"Tom Ballard: Bodies found in missing climbers search"
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on 13 August 1995. Ballard also had one sister, Kate.
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949:"Full-scale search for missing climbers"
548:"Tom Ballard Visiting Rockies for Mixed"
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181:In 1995, Ballard's family moved near to
640:"Thousands raised for missing climbers"
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284:Disappearance and death on Nanga Parbat
575:"The Last Ascent of Alison Hargreaves"
497:"Climber eyes K2 after mother's death"
213:. He climbed a new rock route on the
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115:six major alpine north faces
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