Hello again folks, once more Andy is up in the frozen north and I've just had word that todays project has gone according to plan.
The second ascent of Dave Macleod's The Cathedral X,11 on the Cobbler has been completed!! Good skills that man!
Kev Shields deserves a massive thank you for belaying and braving the freezing temperatures, for the second time on the route. Andy had a go at it a couple of years ago and fell off just getting around the end of the roof, but today everything went super smoothly.
He says that he got up to the back of the cave and couldn't remember any of the holds from his last try (which I can believe knowing what his memory is like after 5 minutes let alone a couple of years!), so he headed out for a look, got the feel of it all and then climbed back into the back of the cave for a shake out before launching the successful attack.
When I spoke to him they were heading for the pub for a celebratory shandy!!
I'm hoping that I'll get sent down some photos as Lukasz Warzecha and Suzy Devey were dangling around somewhere, I'll update asap.
Not sure what the plan is for tomorrow, but I'll keep the blog updated as soon as I have more information.
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