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Robbie Phillips has made the first ascent of Valinor, E9 7a, on Ben Loyal, Scotland. 

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What a place to do a route like that! Fantastic.

This looks like an absolutely jaw-dropping line...

Looks a great piece of rock and a brilliant find!

I was walking up there a few days before and was amazed at the quality look of the crags, especially the summit one.

There's a picture of this wall in the Wired guidebook, artfully part-hidden behind some text. Some bit of rock! Look forward to seeing what else goes up there.

Awesome. I love the fact that an internationally hyped route like La Voyage is just seen as a warm up for Ben Loyal. Robbie has also been posting some stuff on the bouldering there, which, even to a non-boulderer such as myself, looks probably world class.