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Pete Whittaker has flashed La Fuerza de la Gravedad, an 8b trad roof crack in Vadiello, Spain.

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That's mega! This and Pete's ascent of Ronny Medelsvensson have got to be some of the hardest first go bits of trad climbing ever done (along with Megos' brief foray into trad with his casual flash of The Path).

I think we all hope Alex will return to trad climbing again someday 🤞

Some nice footage there. Is there really a need for the commentary though since much of the info is in the report anyway?

Some people read the report, others watch the video. Whilst some may do both - the vast majority don't.

I'm surprised. If it looks like there could be good footage of an important ascent, I'm keen to see it! But I'd also read a news report for information/interest.

Well done Pete! Looks utterly incredible and as impressive as it gets! 

Has anyone been tempted to give it an E grade?

Pumpy 8b crack route, presumably well protected. Based purely on the rockfax conversion table, we can speculate it's somewhere in the E8 or E9 bracket.

(Sent from the comfort of my armchair)

If E9 then would that make it one of the hardest trad flash ascents ever?

I'll grade it from the comfort of my armchair.

E8 7a

Hope that helps. 😅

It surely has to be one of the hardest crack flash ascents (if not the hardest?)