Recent Roundup

Written by Greg Chapman Wednesday, 07 July 2010 11:49

At the Lad Stones, near Tilberthwaite, Dan Varian has added a steep and cool looking new problem to the back side of the Panorama Stone. Warstarter, as it has been named, climbs the steep board-like wall right of Hades Lair and goes at around the 7b+/V8 mark. Also of note, Dan made a ground-up repeat of Jordan Buys’ mighty groove line, Groove Armada - a fine effort.

Staying at the Lad Stones Mike Adams may have climbed a new line left of Stella, on the southwest corner of the Panorama Stone. Word has it; Mike mistook the big arête with a poor landing for aforementioned line, and commented that it was at least 7c/V9.

Finally, at St. Bees Head – North, I climbed a couple of probable new lines on the central block at the FS boulders. The very blunt rib, climbed from a sitter, on the left side of the seaward face is Water World, a brilliant 7b/V8ish problem, which is very reminiscent of the uber classic Clash of the Titans. The fantastic ‘warped’ wall on the right side of the north face went down too at around the 7a/V6 mark. This is Face Warp, and starts off the ground (not the block) as well as utilizing some of the best slopers on the coast!

Image: A video still from Dan Varians' ascent of Warstarter. See the full video here.