18th May 2008

I had an awesome day on Saturday, climbing with Thomas Mazarek and other visitors on the Great Orme, Parasellas cave. There was a huge croud in the Cave (around 30 people!), and conditions where perfect.

I made good use of the collective psyche, and powered through a new link up now called Crucial Service, and graded 8a+.  This is a 14 move power endurance problem, and finishes through a beautiful sequence to top out.

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  Enjoy!

I got some good news today via www.northwalesbouldering.com :  Before I headed off for the week, I re- ascended Crucial Times in The Cave.  Due to ground erosion, I had been shocked to find that this had been getting claimed from a 'crouch' start as opposed to the original full sit down start.  Now, this being the true nature of the problem, I had to prove a point.

Basically, on  the day that the cave devotee, Chris Doyle, informed myself and 'Nodder' about this, I quickly went about re-establishing the sit down, using only a spot pad to make a point.  Its now graded 8a+, and worth every ounce of the grade - you just have to pull very hard!

April 27th 2008:

At last!  I managed a new 'problem' of sorts today.  I've had this personal 'acid test' in Parasellas Cave (a.k.a. The Cave of Justice) for a fair while (a couple of years) now.