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Megalopa 8c+ for Oli GrounsellNewsflash

© Jack Geldard

Oli Grounsell has made the fourth ascent of Megalopa (8c+) 8c+ at Lower Pen Trwyn, North Wales, just two weeks after James Mchaffie grabbed the third ascent. (UKC News Report)

Oli Grounsell getting close to completing Megalopa  © James McHaffie
Oli Grounsell getting close to completing Megalopa
© James McHaffie

The route was put up by Neil Dyer in 2011 and swiftly repeated by Pete Robins, after a close race for the first ascent.

Megalopa climbs to the end of the hard section on an 8b+ called The Walking Mussel (8b+) to a poor shakeout followed by an intense, fingery eight metre section of 8a+ - offering a heartbreaking finish as the footholds turn bad.

Oli is sponsored by: Evolv, Indy Climbing Wall, Mammut and V12


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20 Apr, 2015
A fine effort Oli! Looks pretty intense crimping up there
20 Apr, 2015
Great effort Oli :-)
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