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Craig Matheson has made the third ascent of If 6 was 9 at Iron Crag in Cumbria. Established in 1992 by Dave Birkett, the line waited 15 years for a second ascent by Dave MacLeod and almost as long again for Craig's recent ascent 12 years later.

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Some effort, especially on 8th November. I made up my mind it was too cold for mountain trad weeks ago!

Amazing. When Mike Hutton and I were up there in July researching the Lake District Climbs book, that wall was wet and unclimbable. It did look extremely impressive though - great effort Craig.

Alan

Lads on fire. Effort

Brilliant stuff! In the Committed 2 DVD, MacLeod reckons this was "easily the hardest trad route in the UK" when first done in '92. 

Very impressive. Which big Birkett routes does he have left?

“Is your mental conditioning able to suppress the body's auto-immune response (known as panic)...”

Panic is autonomic, not auto-immune. Although I’m sure I’d come out in a rash just looking at the route, if looks terrifying.