[Carliios]

Took Sam Lawsons Qui Gone Gym and eliminated the side walls making it a fully pure narrow compression line. Maybe a hard one if you don’t have pecs! Not settled on grade yet but put it up at 6C+ - felt quite hard and took me about 10 or so burns to work out the triple bump beta.

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CdglWDzDxqr/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

[Fiend]

That's terrible beta for The Kursk!

On a more serious note, does eliminating a foothold or two from the other problem warrant a new name and claim?

[Carliios]

That's terrible beta for The Kursk!

On a more serious note, does eliminating a foothold or two from the other problem warrant a new name and claim?

I would say so. I showed it to Sam and he said it looked really good. Sam did it using kneebars using the side wall so not exactly using “one extra foothold” 

[grimer]

I think I did FA of The Kursk. I certainly named it. I have a guilty smile every time I see the name written down.

[Carliios]

I think I did FA of The Kursk. I certainly named it. I have a guilty smile every time I see the name written down.

the Kursk is the crack to the right isnt it? Looks mega!

[Scouse D]

Reminds me of the forgotten 'classic', Captain Thugwash at Higgar tor.
https://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,22443.msg409666.html#msg409666

[cheque]

the Kursk is the crack to the right isnt it? Looks mega!

So mega that you didn’t climb it despite your pads already being underneath it? 

[Carliios]

the Kursk is the crack to the right isnt it? Looks mega!

So mega that you didn’t climb it despite your pads already being underneath it? 

There’s a thing called prioritising and not wasting skin. Just because I like the look of something doesn’t mean I’m gonna climb it there and then. Rocks not going anywhere is it 

[CapitalistPunter]

That's terrible beta for The Kursk!

On a more serious note, does eliminating a foothold or two from the other problem warrant a new name and claim?

I'd say it's logical. It feels a bit strange using the disjointed block to the left on the 6B+ version, so doing the pure compression line makes sense and climbs very differently.

[Ross Barker]

So mega that you didn’t climb it despite your pads already being underneath it? 

It's already an established problem though, and there aren't any holds to eliminate

[Carliios]

People chatting shit before they’ve even tried a climb, could there be anything that embodies UKB better? I think not!

[CapitalistPunter]

 

[Fiend]

Like you're going to lose any skin on your fingers on The Kursk  Although maybe one could do a new problem by not jamming it 

[Carliios]

Like you're going to lose any skin on your fingers on The Kursk  Although maybe one could do a new problem by not jamming it 

I’ve done quite a bit of crack climbing and you definitely lose skin on both sides of the hands 

[mr chaz]

People chatting shit before they’ve even tried a climb, could there be anything that embodies UKB better? I think not!

I’d actually say that’s the complete opposite of what embodies UKB

[harrison]

the low low start looks good

[Will Hunt]

I wonder what that will be called?

[CapitalistPunter]

Nice one compression wod

[Carliios]

I wonder what that will be called?

Nothing different. Just changing the line to start from the lower start at 7A instead of 6C+