Today Matt, Blair and I went back up to SCNL to try and get what we think could be the second ascent of a route called Scrabble VIII,7**. This was first climbed in 2000 by Twid Turner and has soon very committing and technical climbing.
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| Picking my way up pitch 1 |
I was on for the first and crux pitch which was a pretty serious outing. The climbing was excellent, but took a lot of time to pic my way up. Very insecure moves a long way above protection made for a quite an intense lead. Blair put in a steady performance to lead pitch 2 which was another tricky pitch around VII,7. The third pitch was an excellent VI,6, which Matt made very short work of. A final rope length saw us at the top and down at the bags without the need of head torches, Just!
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| Blair engrossed in the crux |
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| Blair super steady on pitch 2 |
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| Matt enjoying the final tricky pitch |
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