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Brandenburg Gate finally falls
November 07, 2021, 03:01:02 pm
Report just in. William Bosi has done Brandenburg  :jaw:


:dance1: :dance1: :dance1: :dance1: :dance1: :dance1: :dance1: :dance1: :dance1:

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#1 Re: Brandenburg Gate finally falls
November 07, 2021, 03:06:41 pm
Holy cow!

Cue insane grade debates.
« Last Edit: November 07, 2021, 03:12:54 pm by andy popp »

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#2 Re: Brandenburg Gate finally falls
November 07, 2021, 03:14:26 pm
haha! awesome.

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#3 Re: Brandenburg Gate finally falls
November 07, 2021, 03:15:00 pm
Report just in. William Bosi has done Brandenburg  :jaw:


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 WOW! :bow:

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#4 Re: Brandenburg Gate finally falls
November 07, 2021, 03:27:43 pm
Holy sh*t!!!

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#5 Re: Brandenburg Gate finally falls
November 07, 2021, 03:53:30 pm
Report just in. William Bosi has done Brandenburg  :jaw:


:dance1: :dance1: :dance1: :dance1: :dance1: :dance1: :dance1: :dance1: :dance1:

Top reporting shark!!  :strongbench:


P.S. for the love of god please start a "Could This Be Britain's First F9b+/c?!?!l thread...
« Last Edit: November 07, 2021, 04:04:25 pm by Fiend »

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#6 Re: Brandenburg Gate finally falls
November 07, 2021, 04:03:38 pm
Amazing!! The next generation really stamping its mark on UK sport climbing.

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#7 Re: Brandenburg Gate finally falls
November 07, 2021, 04:05:06 pm
Great stuff.

A separate news item surely?

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#8 Re: Brandenburg Gate finally falls
November 07, 2021, 04:11:06 pm
Great stuff.

A separate news item surely?

Sorry was a bit giddy

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#9 Re: Brandenburg Gate finally falls
November 07, 2021, 04:12:01 pm
So good! News of the year!

Given how quickly he's done it surely can't be more than 9a+?  :fishing:

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#10 Re: Brandenburg Gate finally falls
November 07, 2021, 04:25:16 pm
Incredible stuff, so cool!

What a year he's having.

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#11 Re: Brandenburg Gate finally falls
November 07, 2021, 04:34:52 pm
Just brilliant, an extra page of Peak Rock is written.

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#12 Re: Brandenburg Gate finally falls
November 07, 2021, 04:41:30 pm
Properly insane  :jaw:

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#13 Re: Brandenburg Gate finally falls
November 07, 2021, 04:49:36 pm
He did it in two halves on Thursday. Wasn’t there today but apparently it looked effortless - chalk and blow

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#14 Re: Brandenburg Gate finally falls
November 07, 2021, 04:58:24 pm
I happened to see it yes looked relatively casual.

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#15 Re: Brandenburg Gate finally falls
November 07, 2021, 05:06:08 pm
I happened to see it yes looked relatively casual.

Talk about being in the right place at the right time

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#16 Re: Brandenburg Gate finally falls
November 07, 2021, 05:17:10 pm
Quote from: shark
Talk about being in the right place at the right time
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Yes it was a stroke of luck for Will.

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#17 Re: Brandenburg Gate finally falls
November 07, 2021, 06:10:07 pm
I've heard of this project over the years, but for those of us that aren't peak lime officianados, could someone give some cobtext/pictures/stories as to why this is so significant?

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#18 Re: Brandenburg Gate finally falls
November 07, 2021, 06:23:29 pm
I've heard of this project over the years, but for those of us that aren't peak lime officianados, could someone give some cobtext/pictures/stories as to why this is so significant?

Prepare to be underwhelmed  :lol:



It's number 26 on this topo. Basically a direct start to Make It Funky 8c (number 27 on the topo). It's famous because it's at Raven Tor, it's really hard and it's been tried by lots of wads over the years. Most notably Gaskins had some really good burns on it but was never quite able to seal the deal.

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#19 Re: Brandenburg Gate finally falls
November 07, 2021, 06:27:26 pm
Wow :icon_beerchug:
Everyone can stop now, that's rock climbing completed.

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#20 Re: Brandenburg Gate finally falls
November 07, 2021, 06:36:01 pm
Please tell me it finishes up 30 and then 18 and goes to the top of the crag?

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#21 Re: Brandenburg Gate finally falls
November 07, 2021, 06:41:27 pm
Any indication as to whether it will still be called Brandenburg Gate? Surely as the first ascentionist Will now has the right to call it what he wants.

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#22 Re: Brandenburg Gate finally falls
November 07, 2021, 06:44:38 pm
Any indication as to whether it will still be called Brandenburg Gate? Surely as the first ascentionist Will now has the right to call it what he wants.

Guess we'll find out when the news exclusively breaks in about three days

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#23 Re: Brandenburg Gate finally falls
November 07, 2021, 06:46:49 pm
Please tell me it finishes up 30 and then 18 and goes to the top of the crag?

30 is Mecca Extension which weighs in at a techy ~8a from the chains. No idea what Will actually did but I can imagine he stopped at the chains unless he'd pre-planned to do the extension, would be a pain to drop the top having done the bottom (unless you were going for some sort of Ben Moon style 'drop it then do it' Hubble throwback tick).

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#24 Re: Brandenburg Gate finally falls
November 07, 2021, 06:49:56 pm
What's 28 on the topo? That looks like the straightest line to finish 26!

 

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