Pumpenhaus mate..
Wheel of Life is 9a though? First on a rope then.
Someone really needs to school that kid on problem naming.
In a little bit of previously unreported news, Simon Carter has just told us that Alex Megos did a new link up in the Hollow Mountain Cave that is even harder than the Wheel of Life (which he though was 9a/35). The new link up is called Wheelchair (9a+/36)
Strange that Oz has only just entered the 9th grade given the rock there and the beasts that visit .Wales has had it for 17 years and its much smaller
I heard you were elbowing Simon Carter in the face like a proper pap! In other news https://www.facebook.com/#!/VerticalLifeMag?hc_location=streamQuoteIn a little bit of previously unreported news, Simon Carter has just told us that Alex Megos did a new link up in the Hollow Mountain Cave that is even harder than the Wheel of Life (which he though was 9a/35). The new link up is called Wheelchair (9a+/36) The climbing gets harder, the names get shitter.
He told me that he did something starting at Sleepy Hollow (v11) into Stimulation (v11) via a snippet of Stuck South but climbed backwards. I'm pretty sure that'll be it!
If Caff confirmed The Big Bang as 9a I would have thought it would remain confirmed at that grade until someone else repeats it and downgrades it.
Thanks JackAus. Garth did climb 9a at some point, didn't he? I just searched and couldn't find it but I'm sure I remember hearing about it at the time.
Obviously Carson 'voted' for 9a, it's his route! First ascensionist with no 8c+ routes experience (afaik)
Of course Big Bang is 9a, stop being silly.
The links in the cave, not so much. Maybe when someone manages to reverse Simulation, that will open up a bunch of harder links (Krusty>reverse Simulation>Stuck South>and out... etc.)
Quote from: JackAus on August 26, 2013, 12:12:24 amThe links in the cave, not so much. Maybe when someone manages to reverse Simulation, that will open up a bunch of harder links (Krusty>reverse Simulation>Stuck South>and out... etc.)Nevermind links. There are little holds coming out of the left side of the cave. Using those would be super impressive.
White Ladder - Nowra 2004 (thought it was 06!)Mr Pink - Blueys 2006Too Hot To Handle - Blueys 2007Sneaky Old Fox - Blueys 2009Southern Delight - Gramps 2012 (Forgot Killian had done this)
A pity Megos had such shit conditions in Wales, he's probably been put off for life.