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NEWS: Lucinda Whittaker Climbs Font 8A

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 UKC News 09 Apr 2009
[Lucinda Whittaker on Purely Belter, 3 kb]Lucinda Whittaker has ticked her first Font 8A boulder problem with an ascent of Purely Belter at Shaftoe, Northumberland.



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 benj_d 09 Apr 2009
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Cracking. Nice to see some good climbers appreciating northumberlands excellent bouldering!
 Chris M 09 Apr 2009
In reply to benj_d:

If I'm right, this is the first 8a climbed in Britain by a British woman. Good effort Lucinda.
 JM 09 Apr 2009
So is this problem actually 8a or should I say 8a compared to other 8a's in Britain? Or, is it an V9/10 that has slipped under the radar and is masquerading as an 8a?
 philo 09 Apr 2009
In reply to JM: depends how good you are at crimping,
newman and desroy say its no way 8a if you check 8a.nu but earl and some others say it defo is.
its basically a few move problem with a slopey mantel from shitty dirty crimps. but of course if you can crimp like a monster then your going to find it easy/ok
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