Correct me if I'm wrong here Greg but are you saying that you can't use any VP holds? It's just that on the clip I've seen of you doing it I'm sure you use the good slot/edge hold of VP for your left. The you go with your left to the poor hold on the lip to the right of the VP lip hold (hope thats clear enough). Are you saying that you've done it without using that slot hold for you left hand? If so I'm well impressed.Once I've recovered from feeling silly about the Crank I'll have to venture back up and try the actual line of the crank rather than the neighbouring 5+
After a short exchange of emails with Ru we came to the conclusion (as did Jordan) that for the 7c+/8a tick you can't use any holds on Voodoo People, slightly eliminate but there you go. Others may have done it this way but as far as I know the only people who have definitely done it this way are myself, Ru and Jordan.
15th July -Up at the newly in vogue Warton Pinnacle crag William Hickok has added a nice little addition to the Plumb Buttress circuit. Will's problem starts at the good hold on the lip immediately left of Sugarfix and traverses the lip leftward into and up Deadwood Crack. The problem goes by the classic moniker of The Lip Traverse and is in 7a+/b ballpark.
quite a hard slap from the pinch into the left end of the slot then finish up some sharp crimps, avoiding the arete/crack out left.