Steve McClure has repeated Mission Impossible E9 7a at Gallt Yr Ogof in the Ogwen Valley. The mountain trad route is perched high above the valley beside the classic E7 Heart of Stone. It is estimated to be around 8b in difficulty and is protected by old pegs interspersed with small runners or cams.
This week's Friday Night Video is about the pure obsession and effort behind a hard trad first ascent by Québécois/Australian Jacques Beaudoin. Mother Earth (8b) is a stunning sixty-degree thin crack climb hidden amongst bushland that has been...
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