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NEWS: 'Proper Hard Font 8b' Repeat For Gaz Parry

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 Michael Ryan 24 Feb 2007
It's been a Font 8b kind of a week for several British boulderers.

Gaz Parry now joins James Pearson, Malcolm Smith and Dave Macleod in this week's top boudering efforts.

Full report at UKClimbing.com's news page...http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/
OP Michael Ryan 24 Feb 2007
In reply to Mick Ryan - UKClimbing.com:

Correction: I forget to mention Ben Moon's ascent of Dave Graham's The Great Shark Hunt Font 8b at Chironico, Switzerland in earlier this month.

Mick
idiot 24 Feb 2007
In reply to Mick Ryan - UKClimbing.com:

And a new 8b was climbed at Almscliff recently.
OP Michael Ryan 24 Feb 2007
In reply to idiot:
> (In reply to Mick Ryan - UKClimbing.com)
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> And a new 8b was climbed at Almscliff recently.

Details?

M

 TonyM 24 Feb 2007
In reply to Mick Ryan - UKClimbing.com: From http://www.yorkshiregrit.com/news.html
15 Feb - Tom Peckitt has climbed Real Keelhaul at Almscliff at a tentative grade of V13/8b. As the name implies, this combines Keelhaul with the Real Keel finish (i.e. avoiding the chipped hold), and although it's an eliminate, it's a fine piece of climbing.
Yorkspud 26 Feb 2007
In reply to Mick Ryan - UKClimbing.com:

F8b is the new VS
 Fiend 26 Feb 2007
In reply to Mick Ryan - UKClimbing.com:

Looks like a bit of a stamina plod to me :P.
OP Michael Ryan 02 Mar 2007
In reply to Fiend:

Video of Gaz Parry on Director's Cut now online...

http://www.gazparry.co.uk/video_directors.html

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