Rob Fielding has recently hit a run of good form and has ticked several hard and high-ball problems and routes in the North East as well as climbing Dawes Rides a Shovel Head (E8) on Raven Crag in Langdale in the Lake District.
"I would say that the real peach of our recent adventures in Northumberland is a new boulder problem called PreparationH at Hepburn..."
Good effort! Dawes Rides a Shovel Head is an awesome climb with a wild move at the end but needs to be down graded to E7 as it is not hard enough (Fr7b+) or dangerous enough to warrant E8.
In reply to UKC News: nice spree of king line ticks that - inspiring stuff. Just wondering (in a slightly nerdy way) about the Dawes Rides a Shovel Head ascent as the style's a bit vague in the report. Was this a flash having abbed it? or does 'get it sorted' mean practicing the moves and headpoint. Great stuff either way and the new problem looks great.
As far as I know, the route is so named because one of Dave's mates (presumably called Dawes, nothing to do with Johnny Dawes) rides a Harley Davidson Shovelhead motorbike.
In reply to Tom Peckitt: Rob isn't one to overhype the quality of stuff. In fact unless it's pretty awesome, he'll say so (or not bother doing it). The way he was enthusing about Preperation H makes me think it must be something pretty special. If you can climb font 8A, I'd say it'll definitely be worth the drive.
Apparently Northern Soul (the 7A next to it) is one of northumberlands finest
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