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Robbie Phillips and Alex Moore repeat Longhope Direct (E10 7a) The Ticklist

Robbie Phillips and Alex Moore have repeated Dave MacLeod's Longhope Direct (E10 7a) on St Johns Head, Hoy, Scotland. MacLeod made the first ascent of the 9-pitch route in 2011, which features a 65m pitch of French 8b climbing.

The huge sandstone cliff is about as close to big wall climbing as you can get in the UK and other than the exceptionally hard climbing, there is soft, loose rock, huge run outs, and of course, Fulmars to deal with. The route had only been repeated once by James McHaffie and Ben Bransby back in 2013.



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