Parry Repeats Isla

Written by LakesBloc Wednesday, 21 March 2007 00:00

Gaz Parry has been back in action and this time to even greater affect! Gaz has repeated the awesome Trowbarrow test piece Isla De Encanta , a superb John Gaskins 8b/V13. This quote came from Gaz's blog…

Yesterday I had a load of stuff to catch up on and then trained at BUK. Felt pretty strong and did the new 7b circuit about 30 moves into a hard V8+. Followed it by doing all the hard probs upstairs like this, good fun. As you can imagine I woke this morning a bit sore but after three coffees i was ready for more. Trowbarrow was first up to settle a score. After a long warm up as it was pretty cold I managed to link Isla De Encanta 8b on my third attempt. Now it was time to pick a new project so it was over to Woodwell to start work on Anesthesia 8b a problem i have wanted to do for many years. After chalking the grips and getting a sequence off Ian Vickers I had a go at the flash, to my disbelief and Ian's shock I managed to get through all the hard climbing and fell getting the jug with very numb fingers. 5 minutes working the end I managed to link it on my 1st attempt. A great day with two very different hard problems.

Source: http://gazparryclimbing.blogspot.com/

NOTE: Gaz's ascent of Anesthesia was not quite as the original line was intended (i.e. hands stick to the lip). As such, despite being an impressive ascent in its own right, this is not being chalked down as a full repeat.