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Title: [Northumberland][Hepburn] The Gruffalo -7c/8a*** 1st ascent.
Post by: Beardyman on October 08, 2014, 11:17:44 pm

Hey peeps,

I have been working a line in Hepburn Woods for 2yrs now and finally sent it today! ;D  :dance1: :great:

Here is a wee vid of it.

https://vimeo.com/108398909 (https://vimeo.com/108398909)

I'm really unsure of the grade so if anyone wants to go and try it that would be awesome. It's quite hard to find so there is a link to the google map here; https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.5112894,-1.8830234,15z/data= (https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.5112894,-1.8830234,15z/data=)!3m1!4b1!4m2!6m1!1sz8BuRKnhxM3M.kfsDmMYeYyOo  :google:

Title: Re: [Northumberland][Hepburn] The Gruffalo -7c/8a*** 1st ascent.
Post by: r-man on October 08, 2014, 11:26:59 pm

Looks ace. Well done!  :2thumbsup:

Title: Re: [Northumberland][Hepburn] The Gruffalo -7c/8a*** 1st ascent.
Post by: andy popp on October 09, 2014, 06:30:01 am

What a find!

Title: Re: [Northumberland][Hepburn] The Gruffalo -7c/8a*** 1st ascent.
Post by: tomtom on October 09, 2014, 08:18:37 am

Superb. And very kind to put the maps at the end!

Title: Re: [Northumberland][Hepburn] The Gruffalo -7c/8a*** 1st ascent.
Post by: sherlock on October 09, 2014, 08:28:33 am

Great effort Beardyman! Enjoyed the vid too.

Title: Re: [Northumberland][Hepburn] The Gruffalo -7c/8a*** 1st ascent.
Post by: Fiend on October 09, 2014, 09:14:22 am

Very good, you might just be forgiven for putting unauthorised stars and exclamation marks in the topic format  ;)

Title: Re: [Northumberland][Hepburn] The Gruffalo -7c/8a*** 1st ascent.
Post by: SA Chris on October 09, 2014, 09:16:47 am

Astounding. Good line and great vid.

Title: Re: [Northumberland][Hepburn] The Gruffalo -7c/8a*** 1st ascent.
Post by: Pantontino on October 09, 2014, 12:23:20 pm

Stunning line and a great effort for sticking with it. Did you do it ground up?

Title: Re: [Northumberland][Hepburn] The Gruffalo -7c/8a*** 1st ascent.
Post by: cheque on October 09, 2014, 12:54:31 pm

Loved that video. Seems the trick was to switch to a green t-shirt.  ;)

Title: Re: [Northumberland][Hepburn] The Gruffalo -7c/8a*** 1st ascent.
Post by: Stubbs on October 09, 2014, 03:52:57 pm

Looks brilliant! Is there potential for a line up the crack trending right? Always hard to tell how big features are on videos!

Title: Re: [Northumberland][Hepburn] The Gruffalo -7c/8a*** 1st ascent.
Post by: Beardyman on October 09, 2014, 05:51:36 pm

Thanks folks, it was done pretty much ground up, I too roped the very top bit after falling off the top on my previous session on it. The green Urban Uprising tshirt was defiantly the answer!
The crack going up and R may be possible... There are not really and holds on it tho!

The video is all from this year, I have tons of footage of me trying it last year with a duff sequence before I found the mono.

Title: Re: [Northumberland][Hepburn] The Gruffalo -7c/8a*** 1st ascent.
Post by: nik at work on October 09, 2014, 09:54:34 pm

Mmmmm mono's  :)

Nice one :2thumbsup:

Title: Re: [Northumberland][Hepburn] The Gruffalo -7c/8a*** 1st ascent.
Post by: SA Chris on October 10, 2014, 08:18:35 am

Quote from: Beardyman on October 09, 2014, 05:51:36 pm

The crack going up and R may be possible... There are not really and holds on it tho!

VARIAN!!!!!!!!