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ALEX BARROWS CLIMBS KAABAH, 8C+


Sheffield Physicist and knee-bar connisseur, Alex Barrows has just made the 4th ascent of Kaabah, an 8c+ extension to Mecca, the classic 8b+ of Raven Tor, Miller's Dale....
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