Weston's Wall & MACHO Man

Written by LakesBloc Monday, 10 September 2007 00:00

Well a cracking week of weather has seen the creation of new lines in both the south and central Lakes. First up we have a rare (none link) addition to the Woodwell portfolio. The new problem resides at the left side of the Central Sector, and climbs the narrow but impeccable vertical wall left of the classic highball crack, Rosie (5/V1). The problem was previously obscured from the limelight by a large rock/pinnacle, which made a fall from the crux uncomfortable to say the least. This has been removed giving a near perfect landing. The line itself has an obvious rule, that of, the cracks to either side are out of bounds. The climbing involves a cheeky set-up on side-pulls before making a well timed dead-point lunge to a small crimp on the headwall, before finishing direct. The line has been dubbed Weston's Wall and clocks in at around 7a+/V7.

Next we have a fine new problem at the altitude venue of Sampson's Stones in Eskdale. This inclusion to the original complement has been added to the Asteroid and starts up Pulsar (the right arête/prow), before traversing the face leftward via some audacious heel hooks to eventually finish up Quasar. The line weighs in at 7b+/V8 and has been titled MACHO Man, which is ironic as the first ascensionist (as with the Woodwell problem) was the worlds puniest man, Greg Chapman. One thing's for sure the line is a true Heelball ™.

Image right: Weston's Wall (7a+/V7).