Dave Talbot and Henry Castle have made the first ascent of seven new routes in Pembroke. 'Disco Buttress' at Mother Carey's Kitchen is destined to be a popular crag as the routes are of a high quality, non tidal and give some easier options for those climbing in the area, ranging from Severe to E3.
Looks nice, anyone for the first ascent of Disco Biscuit?
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baron29 Oct 2015
In reply to UKC News:
In reply to Mick Ward - I was asking a 'serious' question but now you've mentioned it maybe I should have posted in the 'best climbing put downs ' thread
Reminds me of the story of a young hot shot (Can't remember who) top roping a route and when his friends walked around the corner into view he greeted them with, to paraphrase: "Oh no, you're ruined my on-sight!"
I'm sure you're right about this being a way down though!
I did a scrambling descent at the point shown on the map at about V Diff/ severe standard. It provided useful low tide access to the main Rock Idol area......
baron30 Oct 2015
In reply to alan moore:
It's shown as a descent route on page 284 of my 1985 guidebook - that's why I asked the question.
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