Will Hunt

Leeds University Union Mountaineering Club Gear Sec 08-09

LUUMC President 10-11


In trad, I'm now less bothered by grades than I used to be and am perfectly content cruising around between VS and E1 so long as the climbing and company are good. Would be happy to push a bit harder for particularly inspiring positions and locations.

Think a lot of people climbing in the UK are too keen to pigeonhole themselves as "trad climbers" or "sport climbers" or "boulderers". These Isles are blessed with glorious annual seasons and what better way to take advantage of them by varying your climbing through the year – using the short, cold days of Winter to push personal limits bouldering and then spending the long summer days on the high mountain crags basking in sunshine and good company.
"Going to the right place, at the right time, with the right people is all that really matters. What one does is purely incidental." – Kirkus hitting the nail square on the head.

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Location
Shipley

Best Climbing Experience
Sitting atop Napes Needle shrouded in mist.
Doing Valkyrie at The Roaches is up there as well.
A day at Stanage including leading The Right Unconquerable.
2008 trip to Skye. Beautiful weather and climbing.
Reaching the break on Archangel.
Climbing on Arran
The Cuillin Ridge Traverse in a day. Reaching the ridgeline at the top of Choir' a' Ghrunnda and seeing the sky lit up in orange fire as the sun rose was about as memorable as it comes.
Doing Zeppelin in El Chorro

Recent Postings

peoples climbing front of the Lakes on 29-Apr-13
little almscliffe on 28-Apr-13
Grouse moor licencing - a petition on 24-Apr-13

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Moderator for 6 crags, checking missing climbs added to the logbooks: Lord's Seat, Adel Crag, Hunter's Stones, La Hoya, Hen Stones, Low Eaves Delph


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User Profile

registered 15/Oct/05
updated 08/Apr/13

Age
23

Been Climbing For
4 to 10 years

Best Onsights
Indoor - 7a
Trad - E4
Bouldering - f7A
Sport - 7a

Worked Grades
Bouldering - f7B
Sport - 7a+

Favourite Crag/Rock
Lord's Seat, Almscliff, Pex Hill

Favourite Wall
The Depot

I Climb...
Several times a week
In the UK

Favourite Climbs
The Right Unconquerable
Looning the Tube
Black Magic
Valkyrie (Roaches)
Z Climb Eliminate
The Overhanging Groove
Sou'Wester Slabs
Cioch Direct
Overhanging Bastion
Archangel
Spartan Slabs
Diocese
Cuillin Ridge Traverse
Zeppelin
Tequila Sunrise
Pebble Wall
Demon Wall Roof

Latest Climbs
Inset Slab HS 4b
Bow-Shaped Slab HS 4a
Bow-Shaped Corner HS 4b
Enter the Goat E2 5b
The Hole HVS 5b
The Butcher E2 5c
Clean Hand Blues Band E2 5c
Galactic Co-Ordinator HVS 5a
Cool for Cats E1 5b
Resonance f6B
Wavelength f6C+
Frequency font 5+
TC Vol.2 Trig Point - Problem 8 f6B
Mnemonic f6C
Sohcahtoa f6C+
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Ticklists BETA
Victim Of Mathematics' Ticklist of Extreme Justice 3%
The 3 star way to yorkshire gritstone's heaven 30%
ARD Yorkshire Grit 66%
The Complete Dolphin Collection 36%
ROCKFAX Eastern Grit: Top 500 17%
Hard Rock 10%
Cliff bouldering hero 45%
The 100 Best UK VS routes? 21%
Classic Rock 33%
Lost on The Moors in Yorkshire 9%
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Climbs Wishlist
La Demande 6a+
The Magic Crack HVS 5a
South Pillar E1 5b
Diamond Solitaire VS 4c
Snakes And Ladders (and Tunnels) HVS
Snake Dike 5.7
Regular Northwest Face 5.9 5b
Lurking Fear A1
Lost Arrow Spire Direct 5.8 c2
Royal Arches 5.7
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