[c.j.d.]

Yes, that bonnie young man Hocking has repeated Gaz Parry's awesome Clyde V12, Parasellas Cave.  Hasslehock, shock horror, used a very different sequence on this, but also confiriming the grade, with both sequences being height dependant;  Hocks sequence being for midgets, and Parry's for people of a more 'normal' stature. Da iawn, yr Moch Ddaer yn wedi dod allan eto!

[Greg C]

What is this continued complex Hock has about being short? I'd say he's of average height but with the added advantage of having the wingspan of a Peruvian Kite! Good effort Stacko, keeping it real for us shorties  .

[Greg C]

Look he's taller than Gaskins...

[GCW]

 

[unclesomebody]

any info on the sequence he used? I really struggle with matching the lip (ie. the crux) because I'm so stretched doing in the original method.

[chris]

yo keith let me know when your heading back to try clyde, im keen to get on it too. safe

[Pantontino]

any info on the sequence he used? I really struggle with matching the lip (ie. the crux) because I'm so stretched doing in the original method.

There's some clues in this report:

http://www.northwalesbouldering.com/newsitem.asp?nsid=272

Interesting thing is, he reckons he goes straight to the jug!

I should have pics later - will post them up.

[Doylo]

nice one hock, good luck on "Bonnie"

[Pantontino]

Here's a pic showing Hock's new method on Clyde:



There's a few more pics on NWB.com

[cowboyhat]

Having never climbed in the cave;  when I went there once ten years ago I thought this and in the photos of Adam it just looks like a confusing sea of holds.

Are the hard problems such as this one 'Clyde' eliminates?

[Doylo]

There are very few eliminates in the cave, a few exist but not many people even know about them. It may look confusing but the lines are pretty logical.

[Jim]

I'm liking them push-pull pressure toe smears.
Well done Hock

[Pantontino]

Nearly all of the problems in the cave are entirely legitimate lines of least resistance. That is one of the reasons (and there are many) why it is so good; there is always a variety of methods suiting the tall, the short, the flexible etc. as Hock's new method on Clyde demonstrates.

On first acquaintance it might look like a sea of holds, but as soon as you've got stuck in it all becomes very obvious.