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NEWS: Careless Torque 8A/V11 for 17 year-old Alex Waterhouse

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UKC News 30 Dec 2014

Alex Waterhouse on Careless Torque, 3 kb

17 year-old Alex Waterhouse from Plymouth has made possibly the youngest-ever ascent of the seven metre highball Careless Torque 8A/V11 at Stanage Plantation.

Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=69403

Paul Phillips - UKC and UKH 30 Dec 2014

In reply to UKC News:

Nice one Alex, top effort!

Climber_Bill 30 Dec 2014

In reply to UKC News:

Awesome effort and commitment! Well done.

Duncan Campbell 30 Dec 2014

In reply to UKC News:

Geddon! Mega effort!

Sean Kelly 30 Dec 2014

In reply to UKC News:

Brilliant effort and a good vid too, except the little bit out of focus. Well we now know what he's done on Grit!

The Pylon King 30 Dec 2014

In reply to UKC News:

Boom!!

paul_in_cumbria 30 Dec 2014

In reply to Duncan Campbell:

> Geddon! Mega effort!

Maximum Boom

johncoxmysteriously 31 Dec 2014

In reply to UKC News:

Well played, young man - nice video as well; no bl**dy music for a start.

Goodness, young people are bendy, aren't they?

jcm

Mark Kemball 31 Dec 2014

In reply to UKC News:
Well done Alex - great commitment.

Post edited at 13:28

DAVETHOMAS90 31 Dec 2014

In reply to johncoxmysteriously:

Yes, a very fine and sporting effort.

And you're right about the lack of music - no self-indulgent rubbish.

stp 01 Jan 2015

In reply to UKC News:

Good effort and I really like the clear and unpretentious video. It's obviously pretty scary just from the facts without the faux drama of some over-used musical score.

Jim Brooke 02 Jan 2015

In reply to UKC News:

Great vid, great effort.

Out of curiosity, how did he do the crux multiple times before doing the first move? Or is the second sentence of the article just mangled?