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#25 Re: New 8a at Hartland
September 16, 2009, 08:05:17 pm
Just spotted a photo of this. Looks good:

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#26 Re: New 8a at Hartland
September 17, 2009, 08:33:19 am
Looks ace, but by the look of the rock, getting it in non-greasy conditions looks to be the crux.

And someone should take a sledgehammer to that flange sticking out the ground.

(not serious, I don't condone chipping on such a scale)

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#27 Re: New 8a at Hartland
September 17, 2009, 09:17:20 am
There is a new report of the North Coast Bouldering here on Javu. The photo below, taken from Javu, is of the same problem…


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#28 Re: New 8a at Hartland
September 17, 2009, 12:45:50 pm
That new secret venue looks good.

I think at this point I would probably start to panic...

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#29 Re: New 8a at Hartland
September 17, 2009, 02:02:31 pm
Yeah saw that. Top looks super slopey. Some nice pics with breaking waves in the background from same spot.

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#30 Re: New 8a at Hartland
September 17, 2009, 10:08:11 pm
That secret venue looks awesome! Anyone on here know when the cat'll be let out of the bag? It's in striking distance of bristol and it'd be nice to have some new stuff to go at.

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#31 Re: New 8a at Hartland
September 18, 2009, 10:20:27 am
That secret venue looks awesome! Anyone on here know when the cat'll be let out of the bag? It's in striking distance of bristol and it'd be nice to have some new stuff to go at.

Writing a mini-guide to the new place is on my to-do list, but we have some more exploring to do down there before any cats are let out of bags!

I am also in the process of writing a mini guide for the Hartland area, and this should be finished fairly soon...

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#32 Re: New 8a at Hartland
September 18, 2009, 10:21:17 am
Looks like a great find Dave.

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#33 Re: New 8a at Hartland
September 18, 2009, 11:10:02 am
From Tom's report:

"I also climbed a supposed Stu Littlefair/Dave Westlake project on a roof between Ache Ball and Clinical Edge. I did this and suggested about 6b/c, Dave Westlake then repeated it with my beta and agreed with the grade, wondering what an earth he had been trying to do before. I named it ‘Spanner’ however this isn’t a great addition to the beach. "

This almost made me piss myself!!  Nice write up Tom!


 

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