[BrutusTheBear]

What would this be in traverse boulder grading then?

[jwi]

[remus]

Ben Bransby has added a new 8B on the North Wales coastal lime that he's called Gwyllgi.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgl6owWD1F_/

[Duma]

http://www.northwalesbouldering.com/newsitem.asp?nsid=1019

Few more details here

[Duma]

Oh, and Ynys Môn is Anglesey to the rest of us.

[Carliios]

Ben Bransby has added a new 8B on the North Wales coastal lime that he's called Gwyllgi.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgl6owWD1F_/

Still blows me away how under the radar Ben is considering the amount of hard stuff he's done. What a legend, he popped over to windy the other day and flashed all of mine and Bonjoy's lines there as you do 

[andy moles]

Is he under the radar? I'd regard BB as one of the longstanding big cheeses of all-round hard climbing in the UK.

[Bradders]

Is he under the radar? I'd regard BB as one of the longstanding big cheeses of all-round hard climbing in the UK.

I think what Carlos means by "under the radar" is actually just "not on Instagram"...

he popped over to windy the other day and flashed all of mine and Bonjoy's lines there as you do 

Nothing at Windy is ever going to give an 8B climber any trouble! Although on a related note the one time I've met him I enjoyed watching him absolutely piss Tourniquet:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BpUKQhBH_zB/

[36chambers]

Is he under the radar? I'd regard BB as one of the longstanding big cheeses of all-round hard climbing in the UK.

he's under the radar as much as Dan Varian is a mysterious dark horse and Micky Page is a whisper in the wind that no one has ever seen.

I think what Carlos means by "under the radar" is actually just "not on Instagram"...

https://www.instagram.com/bbsparrowguns/

[Carliios]

You don’t need to not be on Instagram to be under the radar. I know a lot of climbers who know who Dan Varian is but would have no idea who BB is even though he might one of the best all rounders and obviously an 8B climber would have no issues with a bunch of V7/8s but to turn up and flash every line in one bosh is still pretty awesome - guess I’ve just got my punter blinkers on 

[GazM]

I suspect one's perspective on this depends on when you got into climbing and where you get/got info from. Back when I got interested Bransby's exploits were getting mentioned in almost every monthly magazine so you knew he was a weapon. Nowadays news tends to come via social media, where the loudest shouters rise to the top. BB isn't much of a shouter.

[Carliios]

Yeah I’ve only been climbing since Jan 2019 so I I fear I may have missed the boat on his past exploits but I became acutely aware of him as soon as I started getting outside more, was difficult not to see the trail of crushing he left behind, even then for me he’s always remained a bit of an elusive figure which was quite I always found quite cool. I think that’s why I got excited to see he’d climbed some of my lines!

[ferret]

https://dmmwales.com/climbers/ben-bransby

[Carliios]

https://dmmwales.com/climbers/ben-bransby

That’s quite the tick list not to mention he’s essentially ticked every line at stanage also.

Ha, didn’t realise he lived in Hathersage, surprised I haven’t seen him about.

[Moo]

He’s only little so it’s hard to spot him, especially in long grass.

[Fiend]

I suspect one's perspective on this depends on when you got into climbing and where you get/got info from. Back when I got interested Bransby's exploits were getting mentioned in almost every monthly magazine so you knew he was a weapon. Nowadays news tends to come via social media, where the loudest shouters rise to the top. BB isn't much of a shouter.

He was less known for being an 8B roof boulderer in the past though...

Edit:

He went on to establish Bon Atrocity, an 8B link in Parisella’s Cave

Hmmm okay I buggered that one up then. Still, things in Parisella's tend to fade into unmemorable anonymity, right?


Edit2:
Although he's best known for his fine selection of video-bombing dogs, surely....

[Bradders]

I'd seen it before but I particularly like this little snippet at the end of that DMM write up:

I had done one 8c a few years before—Make it Funky at Raven Tor. I worked it on my own using a gri gri during May’s nap time - I would get her to sleep in the van at the bottom and then work the route with the baby monitor on my harness so I would know if she woke up. She normally slept for about 1.5 hours and I would be back down before she woke up (normally). I managed to lead the route second go, the first day I actually had someone to belay me!”

Good dadspiration!

[cheque]

You don’t need to not be on Instagram to be under the radar. I know a lot of climbers who know who Dan Varian is but would have no idea who BB is

That’s the Flickr effect.

[duncan]

He’s quite handy on bigger stuff too: https://factortwo.co.uk/freebird-ben-bransby

[remus]

Barrows has added a new 8c+ to the Chee Dale Cornice which he's called Malcolm in the Middle. It starts up the wall between Monumental Armblaster and Malcolm X before finishing up the latter.

https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crags/chee_dale_lower-10866/malcolm_in_the_middle-665196

[lukeyboy]

 

Barrows has added a new 8c+ to the Chee Dale Cornice which he's called Malcolm in the Middle. It starts up the wall between Monumental Armblaster and Malcolm X before finishing up the latter.

https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crags/chee_dale_lower-10866/malcolm_in_the_middle-665196

Excellent route name. And well done Barrows!

[abarro81]

Thanks! Glad people seem to like the name 

[Wood FT]

Hardest route at the cornice? I would never have thought it would go to 'broken fingers' Barrows

[Bradders]

How's retirement going Barrows? 

[abarro81]

Hardest route at the cornice?

I've never tried Somehow Super (has anyone other than Ste?) but it definitely felt harder for me than Dreadnaught. Someone said Felix did the proj out of Powerplant the other day too, not sure how hard that is...

How's retirement going Barrows? 

I hear retire and return is very popular nowadays