UKC

Last September French climber Caroline Ciavaldini made the first female ascent of Requiem E8 6c - Britain's first route graded E8 in 1983 - at Dumbarton Rock, whilst husband James Pearson was working Rhapsody E11.

Caroline has made the transition from a world-class competition and sport climber over to the "crazy" side of British trad climbing with enthusiasm and relative ease, as tonight's Friday Night Video from Wild Country shows.

Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=69704

In reply to UKC News:
Think your grammar could do with a little attention - Requiem certainly wasn't 'Britain's first route graded E8 in 1983' - maybe it should have been, but it wasn't.

Nice vid, though, and CC is such a star, of course.

jcm

In reply to johncoxmysteriously:

No apologies for saying she's got the whole adorable pixie thing nailed. Not to detract from her staggering ability for hard trad.

In reply to UKC News:

Great to see a still of Cubby in 1983 - can't believe it was so long ago. He was ahead of his time IMO, would love to read more about his career highlights .... (he also did Britain's 1st 8a, on wires, now considered 8a+ I believe, in the mid-80s?). Good trad video - enjoyed it - good lob, then getting it all sorted (unlike me - retreat, strip, don't go up again

In reply to Phil Murray:


That's this route! 1983, i.e. before Statement of Youth in '84