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McHaffie and Pasquill onsight The Great Escape E8Newsflash

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Natalie Berry UKC

23rd May, 2016

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James McHaffie and Ryan Pasquill have onsighted John Dunne's The Great Escape (E8 6c) (E8 6b, 6c, 6b) at Cioch na h-Oighe on the Isle of Arran.

The stunning 3-pitch route was first climbed in 2001 by John Dunne and Andy Jack. DMM reported the ascent on their Facebook page:

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Comments

23 May, 2016

Now this is news. Good stuff.

23 May, 2016

On-sighting E10, wow wasn't expecting that ;-) Seriously though, top effort. I couldn't do it.

23 May, 2016

Wow! So impressive.

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