Got word from Dave Cowl about a couple of new problems climbed between the rain in the past few weeks.
The first up is a lip traverse on the low boulders on the rise behind the heart-shaped slab. It sit-starts with hands on the slotted part of a sloping rail, moving leftwards along the lip to finish via poor holds ono the arete at jugs on the left. The first ascent was by James Hetherington and it weighs in at 7a, James called it the Gambler. Pic:
Next up is another addition to the Green Nose bloc. Starting for Green Nose, work your way rightwards along the lip to finish up Brothers. Dave reckoned this to be around the 7a+ mark and it makes a great addition and an intuitive counter-line to the Ripple Effect at a more reasonable grade, but still with excellent moves!
