Some lovely flowstone, but a brutal crux off a drilled mono does not make for a classic IMHO. Felt easily 7c too.
Quote from: Duma on May 08, 2023, 09:06:14 amSome lovely flowstone, but a brutal crux off a drilled mono does not make for a classic IMHO. Felt easily 7c too.Sounds like the non-drilled 7c version is less injurious too. Time to fill in the mono? Although you could say the same for many of the easier 6s at Portland which have a drilled slot or two to maintain a consistent grade.
Sounds like the non-drilled 7c version is less injurious too. Time to fill in the mono? Although you could say the same for many of the easier 6s at Portland which have a drilled slot or two to maintain a consistent grade.
I had one go at this several years ago but my hazy memory makes me pretty skeptical it would only be 7c without the mono.From memory I didn't find the mono itself too tweaky (I think I had some other fingers involved on the rock around it, or perhaps a vertical stack or something, I can't remember), but I do remember the move from it being pretty hard! The feet are pretty small, I recall?
Which 6s are you thinking of, incidentally?
Isn't it wild to see ourselves tie ourselves in knots over pre-placed runners, bolts, pegs, wet n' easy trad etc etc etc when limestone is a lawless wild west of chisel-wielding desperados who answer to nobody?
The mood lift that a successful BM session can give me, only goes to show that I'm either very lucky or very stupid.