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Lou Ferrino?
Trigger Cut?
Bens Roof?
List yours...

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Lou Ferrino :thumbsup:

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Am I allowed more than 1?

Young American double dyno at Stoney.
Undercut, crimp, jug at the Tor

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minus ten.

all of it, best crag in the UK.

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Dunno about that fatdoc parisellas cave the orme of greatness is where its at!!!!

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Don't forget Silverdale.......

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a very hard question. In fact too hard to give a definitive answer. In recent times i enjoyed The Swing of Fire- excellent that one!

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parryband

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Is that your approved sequence to Powerband?

I'll spare you all Avon and say Crystal at Roche Abbey.  Borg's ace but it's bascally a grit problem on smoother rock. 

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my disapproved sequence....

I prefer Borg a roche abbey.

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Favourite limestone problem?

Either the horrible blotchy black and white streaked lack of aesthetics, the blocky knobbly rambly lack of pure lines, or maybe the polish.

Ummm oh you mean favourite problems ON uk limestone not WITH uk limestone??   :whistle:

Ummm okay...

Dogless Boulder, Windmore End
Any easy highballs @ Windmore End
Some things @ Rhein's Tor
Sanctified, Woodwell
Pill Box Wall Original looks pretty good, haven't done it tho.

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What's this for...? at woodwell. Dare I say that the added foot beta I need for the first few moves since the demise of the block have made it slightly better...

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15,16,19,7,14

Unforgettable.

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The 'matchbox' rockover on Pinches Wall at the Tor (or 1, 8, 22).

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The THING!!!

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Erm . . .





. . . Look don't rush me man, I'm thinking!

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right now i always think about rockatrocity, 'cos i was so close, and it would have been so great to do it in one session. plus is an oldskool moffatt tick.
then probably superman.

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15,16,19,7,14

Unforgettable.

as good as (L1, R1) L3, R12, L14, R14? thats a lofty claim.

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15,16,19,7,14

Unforgettable.

as good as (L1, R1) L3, R12, L14, R14? thats a lofty claim.

That one's a pointless eliminate. It's got no line.

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Public Enemy. Wind Mor End
and my one to the right, can not remember the name!!!

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I'll spare you all Avon and say Crystal at Roche Abbey.  Borg's ace but it's bascally a grit problem on smoother rock. 

I prefer Borg a roche abbey.

I prefer the slopey one just left again.  I forget the name.

Favourite though is Totally Focused at Warton.  I think.

Or maybe Angel Deelite with the Cricco Castelli finish.  Strangely, I think this is better than the original.  Really not hard, but cool moves.

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lipo suction.wetherby

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I'd have to say that Doylo's new link (Gasoline Straight Up - Firestarter) is brilliant, a real 3 star 7a+, maybe even better than Firestarter, which itself is a contender for the best limestone problem of its grade (V6/7a).

Other contenders for me are:

Clever Beaver V8/7b in the cave.

Chaos Emerald Crack V5/6c or Limpet V6/7a at Angel Bay.

Rampant Rabbit V7/7a+ on Little Orme (or it would be if the finish was a touch more defined).

There is a vast amount of 2 star problems on British limestone: brilliant moves, super intense climbing, yet typically flawed by an indistinct start or finish. However, true 3 star problems are rare on the white stuff. Take Lou Ferrino: stunning in every sense except for the finish in the middle of nowhere feeling. Now if somebody linked through into Bonnie (or just repeated Bonnie: 8a? Yeah right!) then that would be a 3 star problem, and quite probably one of the hardest lines around.




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What's This For? - Woodwell
Crucifix Kiss - Woodwell (satifying lurching lurching from tiny holds)

I suspect Weedkiller Traverse will be up there with my favourites when I finally link it... if only because of deferred gratification; everytime I go to Raven it's at least partially seeping.

 

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