the orange route thru the steep bit of the wave - a stepping stone for everyone surely?
I reckon you need to have done a fair bit of passage to declare 'rites'...A bit Peak Centric but that's where I've always climbed...When I was starting out stuff like Crescent Arete, NTBTA, Joes Arete @ Roaches where the first ones that your could wear on your sleeve.Then it was Re-emergence, Green Traverse/Dope on a slope, Guerilla Warfare, Hampers Hang.Then it's West Side, Blind Date, Jerry's Traverse @ Plantation and Seans Problem @ Stoney (still yet to navigate three of these succesfully mind and I'm getting older each year).
Quote from: "dave"i would say WSS was bench 7b+. Ok you say it's benchmark i.e. middle of the grade (which also makes it V8 BTW). Therefore roughly 50% of the rest of the 7b+s are harder. So give me a list of the harder 7b+s ?????? Consider that a laid down gauntlet.
i would say WSS was bench 7b+.
Quote from: "al"the orange route thru the steep bit of the wave - a stepping stone for everyone surely?Cofe told me he did this the other week. I'm waiting for video evidence.
Quote from: "Bonjoy"Quote from: "dave"i would say WSS was bench 7b+. Ok you say it's benchmark i.e. middle of the grade (which also makes it V8 BTW). Therefore roughly 50% of the rest of the 7b+s are harder. So give me a list of the harder 7b+s ?????? Consider that a laid down gauntlet.Sean's problem, blind date, i'll think of some more.t crack, brutal arete, and they're 7b. talk to me martin! the storm. autumn. ithink all of these are harder.
Quote from: "Bonjoy"Quote from: "dave"i would say WSS was bench 7b+. Ok you say it's benchmark i.e. middle of the grade (which also makes it V8 BTW). Therefore roughly 50% of the rest of the 7b+s are harder. So give me a list of the harder 7b+s ?????? Consider that a laid down gauntlet.when i say benchmark i mean its deffinetley 7b+ no argument. and to be benchmark it helps to be in the upper segment of the grade, then theres no chance people would think its a lower grade..... but it still wont get upgraded cos it just ain't as hard as 7c.
Mostly it just means you're not trying it right.
the rites of passage for me back in the day when men were men and sheep were nervous.were the start to wall of horrors,crucifix,crucifix arete,morrels wall and pebble wall.this was before bouldering had been invented in the peak. :wink:
i think he was the first person i ever saw lunge.