from V12 Outdoor - Climbing news
Ian Lloyd-Jones has joined up with his usual partner in crime, Sion McGuiness, to complete another big sport route in Twll Mawr.
Black Holes and Revelations F6b, F7a tackles a line of grooves left of Supermassive Black Hole in one big 50m pitch. Access is made by a rather quirky Wobbly Ladder pitch which reaches the [...]
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from Climber's Blog
In Twll Mawr in the Dinorwig slate quarry in Wales Ian Lloyd-Jones and Sion McGuinness have established The Rock Bottom Line (130m, 7b+).
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from V12 Outdoor - Climbing news
Ian Lloyd-Jones and Sion McGuiness have taken the theme of multi pitch sport routes in Twll Mawr to its logical conclusion with a huge line up the right side of the magnificent Quarryman Wall.
The Rock Bottom Line F6b, F7a, F6b, F7b+/c, F7b/+ is one of the biggest sport routes in the UK, second only to [...]
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from V12 Outdoor - Climbing news
With the new Llanberis Slate guide just about to arrive, Calum Muskett has snuck ahead of the pack to climb two new lines on the impressive Quarryman wall in Twll Mawr.
The better of the pair, Mike’s Trombone E6 6a/b, tackles the obvious groove between the top pitch of The Quarryman and Phil’s Harmonica. A bold [...]
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from DMM Climbing.com
Well known slate activist Ian Lloyd-Jones and Sion McGuinness add a four pitch sport route to the South Wall of Twll Mawr in the Dinorwig Quarry. Supermassive Black Hole at F7a, 6b+, 7a/6c+, 6b is likely to become a slate classic.
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from V12 Outdoor - Climbing news
More action in the Twll Mawr area of the Dinorwig quarries, this time from one of the authors of the new guide, Mark ‘Hosey B’ Dicken.
Tales of the Golden Monkey E2 5c takes a line up to and through the right eye socket tunnel of the Golgotha Skull, before tackling a tricky top pitch on [...]
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from V12 Outdoor - Climbing news
Just as the final deadline for the forthcoming Llanberis Slate guide arrives Ian Lloyd-Jones has struck again with another astonishing multi pitch route in Twll Mawr. Ian teamed up with his usual partner in crime, Sion McGuinness, plus Phil Dowthwaite and Andy Schofield, who had got the third ascent of Supermassive Black Hole a few [...]
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from V12 Outdoor - Climbing news
Ian Lloyd-Jones and Sion McGuinness have established an impressive four pitch sport route on the South Wall of Twll Mawr. Supermassive Black Hole F7a, F6b+, F7a/6c+, F6b tackles the line of grooves left of Steve Mayers’ little known F7c+, Running Scared.
The route can be accessed through the Twll Mawr/Peregrine Wall Tunnels and walking down the [...]
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from V12 Outdoor - Climbing news
Johnny Dawes has returned to Twll Mawr in the Dinorwig slate quarries to add a hard and bold route on the impressive Quarryman wall.
King of the Mezz E7 6c starts from the New York belay (at the top of The Quarryman groove) and clips the bolts on the initial section of The Firé Escape before [...]
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from V12 Outdoor - Climbing news
Steve McClure has snatched the much-coveted one day ascent of iconic slate route The Quarryman in Twll Mawr, Dinorwig Quarry. This four pitch route weighs in at a hefty E8 7a and includes the infamous F8a groove pitch, climbed in memorably flamboyant style by Johnny Dawes in the Stone Monkey film.
Pete Robins, co-author of the [...]
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