Alex Honnold - Gaia - E8 - Virtually On Sight

Dave Simmonite, Climb Magazine

13th November, 2008

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Taken from the full report by Dave Simmonite on the Climb Magazine Website

On Wednesday the 12th November, the first day of decent weather for a while, Alex Honnold and his fellow Americans, Kevin Jorgeson and Matt Segal, made the most of the good conditions by hitting two Peak District crags in the day.

The eventful day started with Kevin and Matt making headpoint ascents of End of the Affair at Curbar (E8 6c).

The team moved south to Black Rocks, where late in the day Alex made a 'flash' of Gaia. It turns out that Alex had actually seen Hard Grit on TV a while ago so can't claim to have made the first pure onsight of the route but it is so damn close.

Alex said, "Not a true onsight since I've seen movies, but there was no chalk".

Read the full report (with photo) by Dave Simmonite on the Climb Magazine Website

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north country boy

13 Nov, 2008

it will have been pulled so they can put a news item on, which doesn't make them look like they have missed the boat with groundbreaking news....again...

JSA

13 Nov, 2008

you mean this one? http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=328811 i hope this link still works :$

Liam Copley

13 Nov, 2008

it got put into 'the pub' before it got pulled b y the way.

Gordon Stainforth

13 Nov, 2008

I wonder what on earth anybody might have said that was considered to be so 'wrong'? It seems to me that there's a huge mismatch between that rather huge and featureless lump of gritstone and the preciousness of some of those who may or may not want to talk about it. Odd indeed.

deacondeacon

13 Nov, 2008

Right lets try again. Fantastic ascent Alex, well done on a remarkable climb in great style. Hip hip hooray

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