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NEWS: Connor Herson repeats Meltdown, 5.14c/8c+

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 UKC News 28 Nov 2023

Connor Herson has made the fifth ascent of Beth Rodden's 5.14c/8c+ Yosemite trad route, Meltdown.

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 details 28 Nov 2023
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> This summer, he made repeats of both Didier Berthod's Crack of Destiny and Sonnie Trotter's iconic Cobra Crack (both of which he graded at 5.14b/8c), as well as making the first repeat of Hazel Findlay's E8 corner climb Tainted Love.

It's not the first repeat:

https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/katharina-saurwein-jorg-ver...

> Babsi Zangerl, who made the fourth repeat 

You probably mean fourth ascent since you start off the article with "Connor Herson has made the fifth ascent" implying that he did the fourth repeat.

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 remus Global Crag Moderator 28 Nov 2023
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Such a relevant user name!

For anyone interested, Tainted Love has actually had quite a few repeats https://climbing-history.org/climb/2672/tainted-love-aka-northern-soul

In reply to UKC News:

My mistakes - thanks for bringing to my attention, I've amended the article!

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