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James McHaffie has climbed a new E9 6c in a quarry in the Llanberis pass, naming it Crac yr Meistri (Master's Crack). Whilst James is not entirely sure of the difficulty, he estimates it to be around French 8b.

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Good work. Is this in that odd quarry on the left as you drive towards Llanberis, towards the low end of the Pass? The one with the VS and the weird E2 or so up that stepped corner?

While googling to try and answer my question I find there is now something called the Clogwyn d'ur Arddhu Boulder, which it seems deserves more attention. A sign of our times!

jcm

It's this one: https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crags/nant_peris_quarry-1782/

It's one heck of a line - so good that it bursts out of the DMM Instagram pictures of it by Ray Wood. Of course the photographer has done a great job of capturing it too. https://www.instagram.com/p/CeRZUwnqFFe/?hl=en

Thanks; that's the one. Vandal was the E2 I had in mind, and I suppose Butcher must once have been the VS!

jcm