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Gives me sweaty palms just looking at it. Obviously very competent or just banannas to solo an E3 5C
willhunt - 20/Feb/06
Great photo! Reminds me of when I seconded the first ascent way back in the early 70's. When Hugh was leading, on sight,ground up, he found a shallow spike about a metre below Al,s foot in the photo and reckoned the tape sling would stay on better if I was belayed on to it, in fact hanging on it, so he brought me up. Since there was no more gear the belay would have recieved only a downward pull. We graded it VS in the next guidebook and it became known as the hardest VS in the County until subsequently being upgraded. Those were the days!
Northumberland Allstar - 15/Jul/20