17-year-old Jim Pope has ticked his hardest route to date, Kaabah 8c+ at Raven Tor, Derbyshire. Having ticked Mecca 8b+ at the age of 15 and the Extension 8c at 16, Kaabah - which is the direct extension to Mecca - seemed like a logical next step.
In reply to UKC News:
Gripping to watch, he almost barndoored off at one point but stuck it, the rest he seemed to make look easy. Impressive stuff, star of the future!
> Generally when people talk of attempts they mean redpoint attempts, so he had 4 shots at ticking it and one working the moves.
Only the French really do it that way, everyone else seems to realise that that's a meaningless measure, since it ends up with people doing a route '1st try' on their 5th day on a route...
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