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Pete Whittaker on Cobra Crack

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Denni 18 Sep 2013

Box ticked apparently!

https://mobile.twitter.com/TomRandall2

johncoxmysteriously 18 Sep 2013

In reply to Denni:

Good for him. And Tom R will have to try harder tomorrow, hey?

How hard can cracks get, I wonder? Presumably a 9a crack is not conceptually impossible, but are there any?

I wonder if our heroes' finger-jamming skills are going to be put to use on that finger/roof crack right of Ramshaw Crack?

jcm

tspoon1981 18 Sep 2013

In reply to johncoxmysteriously:

> (In reply to Denni)
>
> Good for him. And Tom R will have to try harder tomorrow, hey?
>
> How hard can cracks get, I wonder? Presumably a 9a crack is not conceptually impossible, but are there any?
>
> I wonder if our heroes' finger-jamming skills are going to be put to use on that finger/roof crack right of Ramshaw Crack?
>
> jcm

Didn't Dave Mac say that white noise was feasible at approximately 9a

Puppythedog 18 Sep 2013

In reply to Denni: Well done Pete, I've been watching the blogosphere hoping but failed to check Twitter.

C'mon Tom

Kemics 18 Sep 2013

In reply to Denni:

wow, I thought they were just wide crack specialists. No idea they were crushing the thin stuff too!

Are they planning to assault any of the US big/medium wall with this skill set? Seems like they've got the skills for freeing some big hard routes.

Ropeboy 18 Sep 2013

In reply to :

Well done Pete!
Come on Tom, get it sent!

How many ascents has Cobra Crack now had?

J

Jonny2vests 18 Sep 2013

In reply to Ropeboy:

Quite a few actually, seems to be very popular. The ones I can muster right now:

Sonnie Trotter
Nico Favresse
Alex Honnold
Matt Segal
Yuji Hirayama
Will Stanhope
Ethan Pringle
Didier Berthod?

Must be quite high on Tim Emmett's tick list if he hasn't already done it.

Ropeboy 18 Sep 2013

In reply to Jonny2vests:

They're in good company then!

Michael Gordon 18 Sep 2013

In reply to tspoon1981:

> (In reply to johncoxmysteriously)
> [...]
>
> Didn't Dave Mac say that white noise was feasible at approximately 9a

No. What he said was that he'd hesitate to say it wouldn't be possible since nowadays folk climb 9a/b.

Tom Last 18 Sep 2013

In reply to Denni:

I want to see what these boys can do on some of the massive roof cracks in the southwest.

Good contenders for the Ache Ball cave roof crack and the one through the Great Cave at Berry Head I'd have thought. Although that said maybe those are just hard for the most of us, but not worth the bother for these boys.

Puppythedog 18 Sep 2013

In reply to Jonny2vests: I don't think Didier Berthod climbed it. I thought he stayed retired in a monastery after his knee got knackered.

jwi 19 Sep 2013

In reply to johncoxmysteriously: According to Nico Favresse, his route “Recovery Drink” on Profilveggen in Norway's Jøssingfjord is considerably harder than Cobra crack, so 8c+/9a then?

http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=68083

AJM 19 Sep 2013

In reply to Jonny2vests:

Isn't it about 3 grades above his redpoint max? I thought he topped out about 8b?

johncoxmysteriously 19 Sep 2013

In reply to jwi:

>but had to return south without the prize due to bad weather (in Norway they just call it weather)

Good line!

AJM - Cobra itself is thought to be 8c or even 8c+, isn't it, and he's done that.

jcm

CurlyStevo 19 Sep 2013

In reply to Denni:
What grade is cobra crack I see online it gets 5:14 but doesn't give a letter, does the mean 5:14 a or just 5:14 something?

AJM 19 Sep 2013

In reply to johncoxmysteriously:

Dunno. If you put Tim Emmett cobra into google nothing comes up. I dont even know what it is?

I'd always thought his max was about 8b, that thing he did in Cuba, one inch punch. He certainly seemed very near to falling off on the 7c+-ish ground near the top of the runout on Muy Caliente in welsh connections.