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Title: New 9a for Malc
Post by: Adam Lincoln on July 07, 2010, 10:24:03 pm

Called Hunger at the Anvil.
(News from Mark McGowan (http://markmcgowan01.blogspot.com/2010/07/scotlands-first-9a-by-malcolm-smith-at.html).)

Title: Re: New 9a for Malc
Post by: willackers on July 07, 2010, 10:25:28 pm

Effort! :great:

Title: Re: New 9a for Malc
Post by: Jaspersharpe on July 08, 2010, 07:47:29 am

Fucking hell. Had to happen sooner or later, well done Malc!  :bow:

Mind you, it's taken 18 years to get from 8c+ to 9a, what a punter.  ;)

Title: Re: New 9a for Malc
Post by: GCW on July 08, 2010, 08:08:24 am

Maybe he should have climbed on a board.

Title: Re: New 9a for Malc
Post by: Jaspersharpe on July 08, 2010, 08:15:47 am

Just call me Guti:

Guti Backheel Assist 2-0 Real Madrid vs. Deportivo La Coruna (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwsmBdL9jR8#)

Title: Re: New 9a for Malc
Post by: c.j.d. on July 09, 2010, 11:21:08 am

Well done Mr Smith - I take it you found a belayer then!

Title: Re: New 9a for Malc
Post by: Nibile on July 09, 2010, 02:21:33 pm

the one and only, ladies and gentlemen. the one and only.
 :bow: :bow: :bow:

Title: Re: New 9a for Malc
Post by: Fultonius on July 09, 2010, 07:30:26 pm

People put up first ascents and they propose a grade. Some go up, some go down, some are spot on, first time.  8)

Have any of Malc's first ascents ever been downgraded? 

In fact, have the likes of Leviathan, Lothlorian and Pilgrmage even had 2nd ascents.   :please:

He didn't want to give Blood Diamond 9a, but I don't think he any choice with this one as it was clearly harder than the two 8c+ already on the Anvil.

Absolute beast of an effort. When I heard he had a proj up there, I was thinking it would only be a matter of time. Turned out to be less time than I was expecting!  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: New 9a for Malc
Post by: Nibile on July 10, 2010, 04:38:30 pm

on the matter, is the vid of malc doing pilgrimage still on the net? I watched it years ago but now I can't find it anymore.
help much appreciated.