Where The Wild Things Are

Written by LakesBloc Tuesday, 15 December 2009 13:15

Up Eskdale, in the western Lakes, Tom Peckitt has produced another quality addition, this time to the Eskdale granite circuit. His new line, Where The Wild Things Are, climbs the wall come arête project, at the Wilderness area - problem 7, on page 185, of Rockfax's Lakes Bouldering guide.

The guide describes the line as two projects - the arête and the wall - but it soon became apparent to Tom that, as the lines are so close together, both problems are one in the same. Tom clarifies: “In reality the two lines merged as it was too blinkered to stick to the wall or just to arête. I started on a large undercut flake in the middle and used some crimps and a pinch to get to the arete then up (using a crack in the middle of the wall).” He went on to say: “It’s a superb problem. I reckon it's as good as Rob's Wall SDS and at least a grade harder [around the 7c/V9 mark].”

Also of note, over at St. Bees Head - South, Jordan Buys climbed a couple of the lines listed as projects in the new topo. He climbed the sit start to Black Hole, starting slightly more on the right. This turned out to be around 7b/V8  mark. Whilst at the Cryptozoo sector, he climbed the "scoop project", at the surprisingly amenable grade of 6c+/V5 - must be nice to be a technical grit wad!

Image: Where The Wild Things Are (7c/V9)