Young Guns Send Dartmoor V11

6th September, 2012

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James Squire and Hamish Potokar have both recently climbed Jungle V.I.P (Font 8A) at Burrator Reservoir/Lakeside Boulders in Dartmoor.

James Squire reaching for the lip on Jungle V.I.P (font 8a) at Burrator Reservoir, Dartmoor. © Beastly Squirrel — James Squire reaching for the lip on Jungle V.I.P (font 8a) at Burrator Reservoir, Dartmoor.
Alison Squire, Aug 2012
© Beastly Squirrel

This is a classic granite 8a roof and is on the UKC logbooks.

Hamish Potokar (age 16) managed the ascent on his 3rd attempt on his second session on Sunday 26th August 2012 and made this short video:

Missing video!

James Squire (age 15) managed the ascent on his 5th attempt in just 20 minutes on Friday 31st August 2012 after previously trying the climb almost a year ago.

You can check out his blog here: www.beastlysquirrelblog.com

James Squire is sponsored by La Sportiva

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francois

6 Sep, 2012

Congrats to the both of you, it looks pretty nails! I like the double toehook towards the end.

Lord_ash2000

6 Sep, 2012

Some funny editing on that video. Was that the full accent, or was that missed and this is put together from footage of other goes? Looks hard though, good effort.

bunn.aroundthebloc

6 Sep, 2012

Excellent effort guys! Would have been nice to have a little more info about the place and first ascentionists perhaps?

Stanners

6 Sep, 2012

Nice one Lads! Great Vid!

JKinsella

6 Sep, 2012

That's in his blog post. Think he shot some footage after the ascent.

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