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NEWS: Shauna Coxsey makes the second ascent of Lupin, 8B/V13

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 UKC News 13 Mar 2025

Shauna Coxsey has made the second ascent of Lupin, 8B, on Stanton Moor in the Peak District just one month after Jim Pope put up the problem. There's only a single hold on the entire problem, and one extremely hard move, so it's minimalist in nature; however, in the words of its first ascentionist "it's a good challenge, just for difficulty's sake". 

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 PaulJepson 13 Mar 2025
In reply to UKC News:

Rob, I admire the restraint it must have taken to not slip in some triggering words or phrases. You are a proper adult. 

Shauna, obviously, as always, a beast. 

 Arms Cliff 13 Mar 2025
In reply to PaulJepson:

“Shauna fires Pope’s mini rig Lupin. This boulder only took Shauna two sessions to crush, trying bot rips from sesh one”

 Si dH 13 Mar 2025
In reply to Arms Cliff:

> “Shauna fires Pope’s mini rig Lupin. This boulder only took Shauna two sessions to crush, trying bot rips from sesh one”

I'm down with most of that, but obviously have more to learn - what is a bot rip?? Does it just mean trying really hard?

 Arms Cliff 13 Mar 2025
In reply to Si dH:

Rip = Americanese for a try 

Bot = bottom

Bot rips = tries from the start 

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 Si dH 13 Mar 2025
In reply to Arms Cliff:

Brilliant! Thanks


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