Steve McClure has added the low finish to the recent Paul Smitton boulder traverse Pedigree Chum on the Dog's Dinner Buttress opposite the Cornice at Cheedale on Peak limestone.
Paul's original traverse weighed in at approximately F8c+ and Steve McClure says of his more direct finish: "Keeping low is the only rule and it's much harder than the original"
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