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Title: Diamond 8c+!!
Post by: Doylo on October 12, 2012, 07:25:28 pm

Big news for the North Wales scene, hard climbing on The Diamond is up and running!!:
http://doylosblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/big-numbers-descend-on-diamond.html (http://doylosblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/big-numbers-descend-on-diamond.html)

Title: Diamond 8c+!!
Post by: Stu Littlefair on October 12, 2012, 07:55:34 pm

Awesome. Looks fucking brilliant

Title: Re: Diamond 8c+!!
Post by: ducko on October 12, 2012, 10:28:00 pm

good effort!

Title: Re: Diamond 8c+!!
Post by: Doylo on October 13, 2012, 09:50:03 am

We have a name - Diamond Dogs. A David Bowie song apparently

Title: Re: Diamond 8c+!!
Post by: Fiend on October 13, 2012, 10:43:13 am

A good sci-fi novella too:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7a/Diamond_Dogs%2C_Turquoise_Days_cover_%28Amazon%29.jpg)

Title: Re: Diamond 8c+!!
Post by: SA Chris on October 13, 2012, 08:59:24 pm

Quote from: Doylo on October 13, 2012, 09:50:03 am

We have a name - Diamond Dogs. A David Bowie song apparently

Pearls before Swine.

Looks awesome

Title: Re: Diamond 8c+!!
Post by: Pantontino on October 15, 2012, 11:24:00 am

Short interview with Pete about the route here:

http://news.v12outdoor.com/2012/10/14/diamond-dogs-f8c-pete-robins-grabs-late-season-prize-on-the-diamond/ (http://news.v12outdoor.com/2012/10/14/diamond-dogs-f8c-pete-robins-grabs-late-season-prize-on-the-diamond/)

Title: Re: Diamond 8c+!!
Post by: Greg C on October 16, 2012, 12:46:02 pm

Looks excellent. Nice one Pete.

Title: Re: Diamond 8c+!!
Post by: boulderingbacon on October 16, 2012, 11:41:30 pm

good effort that and nice to see him so chuuffed to do it. :2thumbsup:

Title: Re: Diamond 8c+!!
Post by: petejh on October 22, 2012, 09:07:42 pm

That's quite an exclusive list to belong to, first ascentionists of 8c+ or harder in Wales: Moffatt, Moon, Carson, Dyer, McCaffie, Robins. Pretty apt that the best in the area have also now done the hardest FA's.

Title: Re: Diamond 8c+!!
Post by: SA Chris on October 23, 2012, 07:29:26 am

Apart from Doylo :)

Title: Re: Diamond 8c+!!
Post by: Doylo on October 23, 2012, 09:10:50 am

Thanks Chris but I'm a Championship club pushing for promotion ;)

Title: Re: Diamond 8c+!!
Post by: SA Chris on October 23, 2012, 09:29:15 am

You seem to take the "quality in volumes" approach rather than going for the big numbers!

Title: Re: Diamond 8c+!!
Post by: Doylo on October 23, 2012, 09:39:41 am

Quote from: SA Chris on October 23, 2012, 09:29:15 am

You seem to take the "quality in volumes" approach rather than going for the big numbers!

I ve just bolted the lines I've found and luckily most of them have been doable. Hopefully The Big Crunch won't have been done in 10 years.... I might be good enough by then!

Title: Re: Diamond 8c+!!
Post by: SA Chris on October 23, 2012, 01:42:03 pm

It will happen. Oh yes, it will happen.