Grooved Arete doesn't have any left hand crimps and is soft for the grade.
The Ripper doesn't have any boney LH crimps.
On the crux there is a boney crimp for your RH and then a boney Gaston for your LH.
One man's hard for the grade is another man's easy. They're all subjective anyway.
Quote from: Andy F on July 19, 2012, 09:45:00 amOn the crux there is a boney crimp for your RH and then a boney Gaston for your LH.Do you crimp said Gaston?
The Ripper is mostly undercuts/sidepulls a la Malham. GA does have one crimp for your left, at the top, but you can open hand it.Andy F
Quote from: tim palmer on July 18, 2012, 11:27:51 pmHa ha I was wondering how long it would be before someone said that. It is only soft because everyone seems to climb round to the left to clip the mid crux clip and then climb the routeor they just have it pre-clipped!
Ha ha I was wondering how long it would be before someone said that. It is only soft because everyone seems to climb round to the left to clip the mid crux clip and then climb the route