UKC

Visiting Italian climber Erik Svab recently ticked what seems to be the most popular E8 in Britain this year; Dave Pickford's Point Blank at Stennis Ford, Pembroke.

Svab described the route thus:

"I find this route really fantastic: nice climb, nice line, very good for me: pumpy for the forearms, gently overhanging with crimps and precise climbing..."

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In reply to UKC News:

cool though must admit i'd never heard of him....but always good to see our euro friends enjoying the delights of UK trad.

In reply to UKC News: Brilliant.

Does anyone know what happened to Pete? Too pumped to place the kit or couldn't find the runner slot? Awesome effort going for the onsight.

In reply to UKC News:

Good going that man, and a nice selction of photos/routes in the article.

In reply to 220bpm:

Second that - he's clearly an all-round super hero. The mixed route Illuminati must rate as one of the most mind-bogglingly impressive climbs that anyone has climbed with ice axes ever.

In reply to UKC News: Damn i wanted the 3rd ascent!

In reply to UKC News:

Good effort Erik, you seem quite happy with that ascent. I feel a little spoiled that I got to climb with Erik so much on the last International Meet, so perhaps someone else would like to on the next one I like that he mentions the pegs and that we are a little worried about them, but to him 'they're not so bad', this was his attitude which shone through whether it was pegs, loose rock or 'reputation-routes', it's clearly a good, if a little crazy, attitude to have.

In reply to andi turner:
Nice one Erik, looks a great route.
Think he would always prefer your belays tho Andi!! Did he ever finish off Trauma, did he involve you in that?

In reply to Jordan:

He didn't on that visit, but I don't know whether he's been back since to finish it off.

In reply to UKC News:

If you climb a route with all the gear in-situ, surely you don't get the "trad" tick? (i.e. in this case E8)