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NEWS: Tom Newberry Climbs 2nd Ascent of Death Star, 8c

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UKC News 25 Apr 2014

Tom Newberry climbing his first 8c, Death Star, Cheddar Gorge, 5 kb

Tom Newberry has just made the 2nd ascent of Chris Savage's route Death Star, 8c at Cheddar Gorge. Tom cancelled a trip to Font in order to dedicate more time to redpointing this, his first 8c...

Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=68876

Kafoozalem 25 Apr 2014

In reply to UKC News:

Congratulations Tom. Great to hear you might get back on Brian too.

Tom Last 25 Apr 2014

In reply to UKC News:

Excellent, well done Tom!

GPN 25 Apr 2014

In reply to UKC News:

Nice one Tom.

Cusco 26 Apr 2014

In reply to GPN:

Great stuff Tom. At Cheddar too, so no European style endurance fest but technical wierdness.

The second ascent of Brian will be something and long overdue from someone.

But doing what Ken was not able to finish on The Ferocity Wall project would be immense.

Your ascent of Poppy a few years back was quite a sight too. 35 seconds start to finish (or so it seemed) and with Morrisons bags as socks to help get those evil blue slippers on!