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Accomplished trombonist and mild mannered youngster Louis Lancaster waltzed up Bat Route yesterday for his first 8c in not many sessions (6 or so?). He's 15 btw
 
accynez said:
Accomplished trombonist and mild mannered youngster Louis Lancaster waltzed up Bat Route yesterday for his first 8c in not many sessions (6 or so?). He's 15 btw

Of the Lancaster brass dynasty? Noice!
 
accynez said:
Accomplished trombonist and mild mannered youngster Louis Lancaster waltzed up Bat Route yesterday for his first 8c in not many sessions (6 or so?). He's 15 btw

Thanks for the heads up, I've added him to the list. And 6 sessions? Basically onsight.

https://climbing-history.org/list/1/strong-british-male-route-climbers
 
Fred Mead joins the 8c club with an ascent of Fallingwater (AKA "Fred's Project") at Pride Evans Cave in Cheddar gorge.

Notable for the 15 year gap between bolting it and climbing it, and giving up climbing altogether in the meantime!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CjLxh1Qjw2Y/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
 
It was an open project for a long time, hence being known as "Fred's project" in at least one guidebook. Ellis B-B claimed the FA in 2015, and it was also climbed by Mat Wright last year.

https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crags/cheddar_gorge_north-2280/fallingwater-360357
 
What was the deal with Ellis BB? Is the consensus that he did or didn't do the stuff he was claiming and why was there any doubt in the first place?
 
Ally Smith said:
It was an open project for a long time, hence being known as "Fred's project" in at least one guidebook. Ellis B-B claimed the FA in 2015, and it was also climbed by Mat Wright last year.

https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crags/cheddar_gorge_north-2280/fallingwater-360357

Ah yeah I'm being a div, sorry. I read it as the FA. Awesome either way. Solid insparation for some neglected projects.
 
spidermonkey09 said:
What was the deal with Ellis BB? Is the consensus that he did or didn't do the stuff he was claiming and why was there any doubt in the first place?

Absolute weapon. Probably didn't understand some intricacies around trad routes in cheddar and what L1/L2 meant abroad. Undeniably strong boi though.

I might be misremembering but I'm not going to check the record and he doesn't give a shit anyway.
 
Ally Smith said:
Fred Mead joins the 8c club with an ascent of Fallingwater (AKA "Fred's Project") at Pride Evans Cave in Cheddar gorge.

Notable for the 15 year gap between bolting it and climbing it, and giving up climbing altogether in the meantime!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CjLxh1Qjw2Y/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

That's mega! So cool that he's come back to climbing and gotten it done, strong return to form.
 
Nice, always good to have another new entrant.

Looking at his UKC logbook it looks like he hadn't climbed harder than 8a+ before this year?! Three grades in a year is rapid.
 
Aryan wünderkind/walking muscle Luke Dawson repeated Escalatamasters 9a at perles in pretty quick fashion. Second 9a.
 
spidermonkey09 said:
Its a joke based on Luke's blond hair and blue eyes!

Maybe I'm oversensitive from living in DE too long. Probably being a bit soft but as far as I'm aware the only context that word has been used aside from describing a specific bunch of indo-europeans is in the nazi context. Happy to hear some discourse from others as I'm usually well up for a joke but that makes me feel a bit wriggly. Could just be me.
 
MischaHY said:
spidermonkey09 said:
Its a joke based on Luke's blond hair and blue eyes!

Maybe I'm oversensitive from living in DE too long. Probably being a bit soft but as far as I'm aware the only context that word has been used aside from describing a specific bunch of indo-europeans is in the nazi context. Happy to hear some discourse from others as I'm usually well up for a joke but that makes me feel a bit wriggly. Could just be me.

the Wikipedia page certainly makes that wriggly feeling seem well placed
 

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