Outliers 8C – Super Hard First Ascent in Trowbarrow

Aidan Roberts has climbed a cutting edge new line on the Shelter Stone of Trowbarrow Quarry.

Outliers (8C) is situated on the back face of the Shelter Stone and starts sitting underneath the infamous Atrocity Exhibition. From here it climbs up to undercuts beneath the overlap (the crux) before skirting left to finish up the hanging arete.

Aidan Roberts on the first ascent of Outliers. Photo: Jack Palmieri

Aidan described the problem: “It pulls on two small crimps with a crucial thumb catch on the left hand. It makes three hard moves including a physical backhand in the roof whilst holding a draining shouldery position whilst walking your feet up very high to match into an undercut in the roof before following this roof line out left.”