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Requiem (E8 6b) Ground-Up for Will Atkinson

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Jack Geldard

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Will Atkinson has climbed Requiem (E8 6b) - the classic hard crackline of Dumbarton Rock - ground-up.

Will Atkinson seconds before a 40 foot whipper off the top of Requiem at Dumbarton Rock. © Bean
Will Atkinson seconds before a 40 foot whipper off the top of Requiem at Dumbarton Rock.
Jonathan, May 2011
© Bean

Commenting in his UKC logbook he said:

"Get in! First ground-up ascent since it was put up in 1983!, probably the most physically and mentally challenging thing I have ever done. I didn't think it was going to happen before I had to move back down to Yorkshire but it all came good in the end. Has to be one of the best routes in the UK without a doubt, now who's going to on-sight it?"

Will Atkinson on Requiem, Dumbarton Rock © Jonathan Bean
Will Atkinson on Requiem, Dumbarton Rock
© Jonathan Bean, Jun 2010

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Duncan Campbell
16 May, 2011
Awesome effort... Inspired!
CragX Shop
16 May, 2011
Nice one Ackers.
Michael Gordon
16 May, 2011
Brilliant! This has been a long time coming indeed. Well done that man.
John 'B' Hutchinson
16 May, 2011
Nice one Precious. The icing on your considerable Dumby ticklist cake! It won't be the same without your expletives emanating down from the headwall. Was nice watching you get closer and closer to this while resisting throwing a top rope down it. Tells you alot about Dumby that it's never been onsighted when you consider what a quality route it is! Plenty of beasts out there capable of it. I'm told Craig Parnaby fell off the last move on the onsight, damn that must have been gutting...
John 'B' Hutchinson
16 May, 2011
And lets not forget that Dave Mac's sphincter loosening Achemine E9 6C is still unrepeated after 10 years. Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough!
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