Houdini, I thin you may be thinking about the arete thing at raven stones? that was discussed on these boards last year sometimes.James is deceptively tall with a big reach BTW
Also - no disrespect to JP - but is this pushing technical boundaries? Sure a 7c tech grade would be the case if that was so . . . And argue!
Interesting as JB predicted it as E7 7b
Maybe you have to see it in person to realise how important this is, but the photos on the hotaches page left me wondering what all the fuss was about? Is it just not very photogenic?
Was hoping this news got out. Mw and worm were at cratcliffe on Sat and saw Mr Simmonite looking furtive amongst the boulders. He was very cosy though, I kinda knew what was happening and we went to watch. Looked easy when he led it. A faint left foot slip as he latched the break and no drama after that.Worm did reckon he had done it before James who offered us a grade of E2 5C or font 8a+!
The good pics are clearly being saved for the mag. This pic might give a better idea, if you ignore the balding chump: