Colin Read making the 1st ascent of Incubus [pitch 1], East Buttress of Scafell. August 1972. Photo by Johnny Adams.

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Colin Read making the 1st ascent of Incubus [pitch 1], East Buttress of Scafell. August 1972. Photo by Johnny Adams. © Tony Marr

Route: Incubus (E5 6b)
Camera used: Cheap, fully manual, every setting a guess!
Date taken: 26th August 1972

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Very bold.

Tony Marr - 21/Apr/24

Was this the Lakes' first E5? It seems to be a couple of years before Livesey and Footless Crow.

Lankyman - 21/Apr/24

As I recall Colin Read and Johnny Adams used 2 points of aid in 1972 and it was graded E3. Martin Berzins and Chris Sowden climbed it with one point of aid in 1976. They returned in May 1982 and climbed it free (E5)

biggianthead - 21/Apr/24

They would've graded it "Extremely Severe" whatever it was. The E-grade system wasn't devised until 1977.

Andy Long - 27/Apr/24

They would've graded it "Extremely Severe" whatever it was. The E-grade system wasn't devised until 1977.

Andy Long - 27/Apr/24

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