Mat Wright has made the fourth ascent of Neil Gresham's Lexicon E11 7a at Pavey Ark. The route shares the start of Impact Day E8 6c up to a break, before taking a direct line up an overhanging headwall on small crimps with marginal footholds.
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Outstanding. Gresham, McClure and Macleod...... what great company to be in at a relatively young age.
Dave Macleod said that at 43 he was by some way the youngest person to climb the route! Not anymore, but the article doesn't say how old Mat is.
The report on him climbing Hubble 2 years ago said he was 22 if I remember right, so definitely still a proper "strong yoof"! 💪
> Outstanding. Gresham, McClure and Macleod...... what great company to be in at a relatively young age.
What a frightening club to belong to...!
His instagram is mathewwright1998, and I think it's a resonable assumption that's the year of his birth, making him 23 or 24.
So definitely taken Dave's title