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Local News: Major Jersey Line Climbed

© Matt Porteous
On the 15/08/08, James Noble head-pointed a first ascent on the Rabbits Head South Face on Jersey, naming the route Authentic Desire E7 6c. The line had previously seen interest from Gibson and Crocker during their early exploration but was left unclimbed.

James commented: "The route is top quality and a real gem of the area - well worth a visit from the mainland! As a French grade I think it would get around 7b/7b+, maybe a touch harder."

The route is described on the Jersey Climbs website:

"A stunning route taking the centre of the deceptively steep West face via a powerful and technical sequence of excellent moves on superb rock. A fall from the second crux would likely end in severe injury on the slab below, or worse if the dubious gear fails sending the climber into the depths of the gully."


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21 Aug, 2008
"A fall from the second crux would likely end in severe injury on the slab below, or worse if the dubious gear fails sending the climber into the depths of the gully." If the moves are 6c shoudn't the route get more than E7 if it's so dangerous?!
21 Aug, 2008
Bizarrely, having given this route E7, James says this on jerseyclimbs.com... "I worked the route quite extensively, maybe spent 15 / 20 hours on it (took at least 10 to even work out the crux), but for an onsight, i think it would be more like e8 due to the very hard to read and unlikely nature of the sequence." So you may be right and it may actually be E8 being as the E grade is supposed to be specifically for the onsight!
21 Aug, 2008
aint there also a Nick Dixon E7 called this on Cloggy. shame
21 Aug, 2008
aint there also a Nick Dixon E7 called this on Cloggy. shame John Redhead not Nick Dixon MJ
21 Aug, 2008
There's many routes with the same name, why is it a shame?
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