I found this line back in 2007 and tried it on a number of occassions, a hard crimpy pull on from a sitting start and then launch out across the roof to a big granite sloper, perfect - but way too hard for me.
Having failed the previous day on G I was keen to get on something else that didn't require any crimping, so I thought I'd see what else this boulder had to offer.
I found another 3 lines on the boulder, a nice traverse along the lip, the full roof (the hardest line in D&G?) and a powerful one mover.
I decided that although the traverse needed the crimpy pull on from the sitter I would try and work out the rest of the problem. Pretty much all of the holds are good except a slopey intermediate (that you probably don't need to use). The traverse is only 3 metres long with a tough mantel to finish. I managed to link all of the problem missing out the sitter and its probably around font 6a at the moment, with the sitter the complete problem would be around font 6b/6c I think.
2 comments:
nice one Hendo! did you find any other blocs round here?
I've spied a couple I need to go back to take a look at.
I'm entering the hard rock challenge in October, which is a 26 mile duathlon through the forest - so should see more then.
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