UKC

21-year-old James Squire has climbed a new problem at Biblins Cave and proposed a grade of Font 8C. James has been climbing at a high level for several years now, ticking his first Font 8A when he was 15 and has recently climbed The Never Ending Story (Font 8B+) in Magic Wood. James' latest addition, The World Is Yours, took him 5 years and over 30 sessions to complete. James described his success as an 'initial feeling of happiness, calmness and relief.' Although admits he feels slightly lost without a project!

Read more

In reply to UKC News:

That place looks amazing! Congrats to James too.

In reply to UKC News:

Are we expected to know where Biblins Cave is ?

In reply to Chris the Tall:

Gloucestershire

Biblins Cave

In reply to UKC News: Awesome effort James!

In reply to petegunn:

Gloucestershire? Gloucestershire!!!

That used to be the rockless place you drove past on the way to the SW. And now it's got one of the hardest problems in the UK.

It's not like it used to be in the old days

In reply to Michael Hood:

Apart from most of the cragging in the Wye valley of course, most of which is in England and therefore in Gloucestershire?

..... and Cleeve Hill of course. But the less said about that the better...

In reply to AJM:

Silly me, forgot about Wye valley being Gloucestershire, was thinking of M5 and not stopping for places like Cleeve Hill