[sirlockoff]

Little drone clip of Echo Wall on Instagram, gives a more appealing-looking angle on the route than the FA film (or at least how I remember it). Look forward to seeing more footage.

appalling you mean.

[andy moles]

No... I thought it looked quite attractive with the sun catching the arete. Not appealing as in I want to climb it like.

[Kingy]

Excellent in depth article here about the ascent:

https://www.climber.co.uk/news/james-pearson-talks-in-depth-about-the-second-ascent-of-echo-wall/

[Fiend]

The indepth description of the route is geekily great.

Sounds like it comes in at hard E11 which is jolly sensible.

[stone]

I really wonder whether a rescue from Echo wall would take longer than from eg Chee Tor or Two Tier. The mountain rescue in Fort William is active and experienced. They have rescue helicopters very close.

I'm just contrasting how long a rescue took from Cheedale Cornice (many hours) versus high up a face in Mt Blanc massif (minutes).

[andy moles]

I really wonder whether a rescue from Echo wall would take longer than from eg Chee Tor or Two Tier. The mountain rescue in Fort William is active and experienced. They have rescue helicopters very close.

I'm just contrasting how long a rescue took from Cheedale Cornice (many hours) versus high up a face in Mt Blanc massif (minutes).

The experience of the team might be a lot less relevant than the immediate availability of a helicopter. In that regard, Lochaber is not Chamonix.

[andy moles]

I'm amazed that nowhere in the entire length of that otherwise good interview was he asked if it's actually a good route.

[jakaitch]

James recons E11

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_I19lHoCgi/?igsh=MWIwdXoyYmE5c3V0dA==

[Fiend]

James recons E11

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_I19lHoCgi/?igsh=MWIwdXoyYmE5c3V0dA==

Take that, DMaccy! Proper no nonsense, no comedy downgrades, no beating around the bush GRADING.

[Nibile]

Class act.