The Mile High Guy

Written by LakesBloc Monday, 20 March 2006 00:00

This weekend saw the dispatch of one of the last great Carrock Fell/Lake District projects. The Mile High Wall project is situated (surprisingly) on the Mile High Wall, which itself is located high on the hillside directly above the Warm-Up's area. BETA: Climb the center of the wall on reasonable holds to half height, from here neat footwork and steely fingers are the minimum requirements to unlock the code of the thin gastons and lay-aways and give access to a final dynamic lunge. Name: The Mile High Guy. Grade: 7b/V8.

Over at Thorn Crag a super strong team including pocket sized powerhouse Ken Ode and Dave (Crazy-Legs) Westlake, found a superb and technically burly new prow problem located at the crag itself, 3m right of the excellent yet seldom found Squirreling Dervishes. The new problem climbs said prow from sitting and moves through a small overlap finishing slightly to the right and giving a fine new 7a+/V7. Name: The Man From Del Monte.