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NEWS: Second Ascent of Purgatory E8 7b by David Murray

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 UKC News 12 Dec 2017
David Murray has made the second ascent of Adam Watson's Purgatory (E8 7b) at Back Bowden, Northumberland; a short, bold route, which starts up Lost Cause and moves left to rise up the blunt arête to the right of Transcendence.

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 Tyler 12 Dec 2017
In reply to UKC News:

Excellent. Is the flake he initially rocks up onto the same one that you rock up onto on Lost Cause?
In reply to Tyler:
In the first paragraph it says: "a short, bold route, which starts up Lost Cause and moves left to rise up the blunt arête to the right of Transcendence" - as such I'd presume so.

On a separate and completely unrelated note, seeing that pic of the rope behind David's leg is enough to give me nightmares...

Good effort!
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 bensilvestre 13 Dec 2017
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Amazing line!
 kwoods 13 Dec 2017
In reply to UKC News:

That just looks awesomely hard!
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 Michael Gordon 13 Dec 2017
In reply to kwoods:

Unfortunately the video makes it look ridiculously easy (for 7b!) since it doesn't show the angle, and he's up it in about 10 seconds. A lot of these short hard routes I think have to really be seen in the flesh to appreciate them properly.
 kwoods 13 Dec 2017
In reply to Michael Gordon:

Sure, the video itself doesn't make it obvious, but if you say font 8A+ and runout; I get the picture! I'm just wondering if the sole disliker thought I was being sarcastic, in fact no, exactly the opposite. Anyone who's done some hard bouldering will appreciate the level of strength and control in the video; that those move(s?) should be 7b.
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