Bloody hell that's some going by the Ibbotson boys. 8c+ at 14, that must be reasonably significant on a global scale. I bumped into those lot at Montsant at the end of 2014, and they were doing 7a/7c+ respectively I think. That's some decent progress!
Make it Funky and Evolution:Make it Funky had a sika'd on edge on the crux when it was first done, apparently, which made it a bit easier. I don't know how many of the early slew of ascents used the sika'd hold in the mid 90's, but it was gone by the early 2000s and was gone when I did it in 2002. It's not changed since then. Evolution was originally graded 8c+, downgraded possibly by Sellars or possibly after Steve McClure did it as his 4th or 5th grade 8 (or something like that). It was always 8c+. There was a sika'd hold at the top that has crumbled away (I think it was not sika but car body filler putty or similar). This has left a smaller hold, but has not significantly affected the difficulty and not bumped it up a grade.
Quote from: Will Hunt on August 20, 2018, 05:32:07 pmQuote from: teestub on August 20, 2018, 01:48:03 pmSpeaking of extensions at the Tor - Char Williams - Mecca Extension 2015 Good blog from the time about The Process and The Journey http://themightychickpea.blogspot.com/2016/01/highlights-of-2015-part-iii.html It's not hard to see how climbing mags have gone down the pan when there is such incredible writing on offer for free.Is that Blog in the UKB blog pile?Forgot how good that is. Nice to read again.
Quote from: teestub on August 20, 2018, 01:48:03 pmSpeaking of extensions at the Tor - Char Williams - Mecca Extension 2015 Good blog from the time about The Process and The Journey http://themightychickpea.blogspot.com/2016/01/highlights-of-2015-part-iii.html It's not hard to see how climbing mags have gone down the pan when there is such incredible writing on offer for free.Is that Blog in the UKB blog pile?
Speaking of extensions at the Tor - Char Williams - Mecca Extension 2015 Good blog from the time about The Process and The Journey http://themightychickpea.blogspot.com/2016/01/highlights-of-2015-part-iii.html
I think Eddie Barbour needs to be added to the list. He climbed an 8c called China Beach in Rumney.
Also think the cut off should be 9a now. *c is piss in the grand scheme of things.