Good effort, and handicapped by a name which doesn't even rhyme.
good effort (... which is fat lip?)
Quote from: Grubes on May 14, 2015, 09:56:25 amgood effort (... which is fat lip?)Unrepeated Steve McClure problem. The new beta looks like it climbs really nicely as well, almost like a compression prow, quite unusual from a limestone problem!
Quote from: turnipturned on May 14, 2015, 11:02:45 amQuote from: Grubes on May 14, 2015, 09:56:25 amgood effort (... which is fat lip?)Unrepeated Steve McClure problem. The new beta looks like it climbs really nicely as well, almost like a compression prow, quite unusual from a limestone problem!It always did, apart from Cave Problem and then the first hard move or two left. Great effort anyway. Needs to be done from Weedkiller start really.
from 9a+ to 9b in seven years: it's good to see that I'm not the only climber with this rate of improvement...)
that what you get for being 20s too slow willackers The 9b club is still very very exclusive (and that answers my question: "what ever happened to Ethan Pringle?" from 9a+ to 9b in seven years: it's good to see that I'm not the only climber with this rate of improvement...)
Quote from: jwi on May 18, 2015, 03:51:42 pmthat what you get for being 20s too slow willackers The 9b club is still very very exclusive (and that answers my question: "what ever happened to Ethan Pringle?" from 9a+ to 9b in seven years: it's good to see that I'm not the only climber with this rate of improvement...)One hell of a way to break into the grade though, maybe I am just a sucker for the production values of BigUp films, but Jumbo Love has far more appeal to me than one of the countless link-ups in Spanish caves (many of which are probably brilliant in their own right, but I lose track of which one is which, whereas the likes of Jumbo Love seem to stand apart a bit.
