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'it felt more of a dangerous proposition than Nightmayer' - just eight days after making the second female ascent of Nightmayer, Rachel Pearce has made another E8 ascent, this time of Day of the Triffids, E8 6c, at Clogwyn y Tarw, Wales.

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Love the raw enthusiasm with which she describes the climb

The main reason I did DOTT over rare lychen was that it’s quite a lot easier and a lot a lot safer !!! Definitely not a clip up though, rare lychen is way serious !

Thanks Rachel, have updated for clarity!

Inspiring. If your profile and my memory of your posts is correct, you've gone up about 10 grades in the time I've gone up 0 🤣

The girl is on 🔥, hugely impressive.

How long did that take you?

Please, don't!!

My logbook is public, anyway. Oh, the shame!

Edit: if this was intended as a morale boost, in that it took me no time at all, then thank you kind sir

If it’s any consolation, I’ve gone down several grades in that time 😅

Beast!

Pretty much only one reason for this… climbing loads and loads of routes! 

Um, no.

I've climbed loads and loads of routes, but fall short on the raw talent, discipline, mental strength and sheer drive that is needed to operate at this level.

Impressive stuff.

Pedantic point but I'm pretty sure the parent route is not 'The trouble with lichen' but 'Trouble with Lichen', after the (other) sci-fi novel by John Wyndham.