Little Women RH

Written by LakesBloc Friday, 04 June 2004 00:00

John Gaskins has repeated Si O'Conors Kentmere test piece Little Women RH, which was originally given 8b+/V14 [and later found to be fraudulent, making John's send the first ascent]. This problem has been the subject of a fair bit of confussion of late, revolving round where the line actually goes. LakesBloc editor Greg Chapman recieved a beta description from Si although it was some what hard to understand. Both John and Greg had assumed the line had started at Reinvented Bright New Colour (the central 8a+/V12) and moved left on lay-ways into the original Little Women problem, which is the most obvious line through this section of rock. This was the way John eventually climbed the line commenting that Si's description did seem a little contrived, he felt his method was in the region of 8b/V13, which would still make it the hardest problem in the central Lakes.