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Josh Ibbertson needs a bump for Rainshadow, and while you're at it his dad James did Bat Route a few days earlier for his first 8c. Strong team!

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Josh Ibbertson needs a bump for Rainshadow, and while you're at it his dad James did Bat Route a few days earlier for his first 8c. Strong team!

Good knowledge, thanks.

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Angus Kille isn’t on the list but has climbed Mind Control (few years back) at Oliana and also an 8c/+ down in south Spain somewhere.

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Good knowledge, thanks Ed. I've added Mind control in for him but can't find the other 8c/+ on google, any idea where I could find some more details?

https://climbing-history.org/list/1/strong-british-male-route-climbers

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Possibly "Sex after Climb" at Jaen/Ottinar. Mawson also done that one IIRC.

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 Someone did batman at Malham apparently today.

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Who needs specifics... put it on the list!  :lol:

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Who needs specifics... put it on the list!  :lol:

OK, ok....did some probing and apparently it was Josh Ibbertson.

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Thanks for chasing it up :2thumbsup:

I've added Josh's ascent to the list https://climbing-history.org/climber/180/josh-ibbertson He's been going well the last 12 months! First Rainshadow, then Northern Lights and now this!

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I get confused by the link ups in this area, does that mean Josh has done Rainman in 2 sections now, (this and Rainshadow) or is there more hard climbing independent of these two lines?

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I get confused by the link ups in this area, does that mean Josh has done Rainman in 2 sections now, (this and Rainshadow) or is there more hard climbing independent of these two lines?

Yes - he's done it in two sections. There might be a move or two right that is different at the bulge at the end of the Rainshadow crux section but nothing majorly different that Im aware of. 

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Thanks Shark.

3 9a’s in a year must be up there in terms of all time UK performance?

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Thanks Shark.

3 9a’s in a year must be up there in terms of all time UK performance?

Sure is. Will Bosi is the other person who comes to mind, between feb 2020 and march 2021 he climbed King Capella (9b+ fa), La Furia de Jabali (9b fa), La Capella (9b), first ley (9a+), last night (9a), estado critico (9a) and la ley indignata (9a). Honourable mentions for Tom Bolger and Buster Martin.

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Felix Wilkins did Kaabah a few months back.

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Felix Wilkins did Kaabah a few months back.

Nice! Pretty quick after Mecca Extension too by the looks of it.

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Kev Avery did his first 8c a few weeks back. In France as well so probably not a soft one!

La Benediction.

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Kev Avery did his first 8c a few weeks back. In France as well so probably not a soft one!

La Benediction.

Mega! Always good to see someone new on the list.

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Kev Avery did his first 8c a few weeks back. In France as well so probably not a soft one!

La Benediction.

Benchmark for the elderly too probably? 

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Kev Avery did his first 8c a few weeks back. In France as well so probably not a soft one!

La Benediction.

Benchmark for the elderly too probably?

 ;)

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Accomplished trombonist and mild mannered youngster Louis Lancaster waltzed up Bat Route yesterday for his first 8c in not many sessions (6 or so?). He's 15 btw

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Accomplished trombonist and mild mannered youngster Louis Lancaster waltzed up Bat Route yesterday for his first 8c in not many sessions (6 or so?). He's 15 btw

Of the Lancaster brass dynasty? Noice!

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Accomplished trombonist and mild mannered youngster Louis Lancaster waltzed up Bat Route yesterday for his first 8c in not many sessions (6 or so?). He's 15 btw

Thanks for the heads up, I've added him to the list. And 6 sessions? Basically onsight.

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I believe that's called a season flash

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Fred Mead joins the 8c club with an ascent of Fallingwater (AKA "Fred's Project") at Pride Evans Cave in Cheddar gorge.

Notable for the 15 year gap between bolting it and climbing it, and giving up climbing altogether in the meantime!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CjLxh1Qjw2Y/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

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That's mega! Was it an open project? Even more impressive if so!

 

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