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Just two hours flight away from the diminutive gritstone edges of the Peaks District are Northern Italy's granite paradises of Valle dell' Orco and Val di Mello. Pete Whittaker and Tom Randall have just had a two week rampage of new routes and hard repeats there - showing those damn Euros how to climb cracks. Pete established perhaps one of the very best offwidth roofs in the world and Tom got the coveted third ascent of Greenspit. But that's only part of the story.

Full report, with videos, photos and an interview.

Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=48628

In reply to UKC News:

brilliant stuff!

In reply to UKC News: Fantastic effort! Gloves of War looks awesome. Amazed there's only one climb from Brimham in that top ten though...

In reply to UKC News:

Great stuff... inspiring.

In reply to UKC News: What's a bad ass mama?

In reply to John2:

Yo J ma brother,

Funny ya should ax. Uh bad ass mama iz uh gat toting bad ho. I hope dat explains things. Particulary relevent when discussing da crack habit an dat boil on mah ass.

All da bomb, Mick and shit.

Do these guys ever do pleasant open face climbing or do they only subject themselves to crack masochism?

In reply to Mick Ryan - UKClimbing.com:
Word up Pappa Large.

Good video Tom.
I don't think I've ever seen someone fall off when they're looking so solid.
It looked like you just gave up.....



Only joking mate! Looks nails.
Tom you're a dirty offwidth machine.
Drew

In reply to UKC News:

Wow, brilliant stuff - they look horrendous!!!

I'm intrigued that tom did Greenspit on Aug 31st - some form of time travel??

In reply to Mick Ryan - UKClimbing.com: Sounds like a middle aged matron with a bowel problem to me.

good report mick

In reply to UKC News: According to Rockfax conversion chart, F8b+ would be E9. But F8b+ sounds a bit harsh considering it is such a good line and has only had 3 ascents.

In reply to Ackbar: Oh, and before anyone says anything, he did say the good people on UKC could decide on the grade

In reply to John2:

Here it is....

http://www.fishproducts.com/movies/bad_ass_momma.mov

In reply to Russ Walling:

the original!

It spat you.

In reply to Mick Ryan - UKClimbing.com:

I was spat.... in my defense, it was 108 degrees, I had not climbed in months, and I'm a fat old git. Besides that, the summit should have been mine!

Good article Mick!