In reply to UKC News:
I am totally gobsmacked by this achievement. This guy is a legend of the highest order and is an inspiration to us all.
His training notes, reported in his biography and elsewhere, record that he "celebrated" the FA of Hubble by, er, doing more training. What dedication!
When he got into climbing again (last year!?) he could climb font 7b-odd off the couch which is totally bragable.
Not settling for that though, he goes and puts in a ton of solid effort to get this done. What a blinding bit of work.
Really made me think "what would ben do?" should be my training mantra for the next three months....