Rupert Davies has completed the project left of Countdown on Two Tier Buttress, Cheedale. This quality line was originally bolted by Gavin Ellis, who has managed to keep people of it for an extraordinarily long time. Gavin has been in semi-retirement for some years, but whilst close friends have been asked to leave it alone (perhaps for one of his off-spring), plucky Davies nipped in a few weeks ago to redpoint it at French 8b. Rumour has it that Davies has had to leave the country for an extended period.
The News piece is supposed to be tongue in cheek as "the project" was an on-going joke. Gav hasn't been on it for years and years. But my point really is that there used to be loads of projects and people trying to protect them from getting stolen and it was a colourful part of climbing which is now dying out. I remember as a wee nipper trying to work out why a pan lid was getting bolted to a project at Kilnsey (later to become 'All Out')...
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