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Climbing highlights: |
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As a climber, Adam is best known as a gritstone technician who takes a hard line on ethical issues. All his climbing is done on-sight (without top-rope practice) and with an emphasis on quality and adventure rather than chasing big grades. | |||
| Away from gritstone, he is also an exponent of the unusual adventures to be had on the sea cliffs of Wales and Scotland. When times and funds allow trips abroad to the wild areas of the world are increasingly on the agenda... | ||||
| Grit routes - | ||||
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•The Angel's Share , E8 7a, Black Rocks - ground-up (first ascent of this route in this style) |
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| • Kaluza-Klein, E7 6c, Robin-Hood's Stride - On-sight (again, a first for the route at the time) | ||||
| • Art Nouveau, E6 6c, Roaches - On-sight | ||||
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• Eternal, E7 6b, Gorple - flash |
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Adam on-sighting Velvet Silence E6 6c, Black rocks |
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| Boulder problems - | ||||
Video Credits: Committed (Hotaches) Winter Sessions (Crabstix) Stick It (Slackjaw) |
• Help the young sit-start, Font 8a, Stanage - first ascent | |||
| • Pressure drop Font 7c. The Plantation's hardest slab? - first ascent | ||||
| • 36.15 Power, Font 7c+, Rocher Canon, Fontainebleau - 2nd go | ||||
| • King Cobra, Font 7b+, Camp 4, Yosemite - on-sight | ||||
| A few favourite trad routes - | ||||
| Crow - Cilan main, The Prozac link - Lewis sea cliffs, The Scoop - Sron Ulladaihl, | ||||
| Three Dandy Scuttlers - Craig Dorys, Debauchery- High tor, Fantan B - Craig y llam | ||||
| Mountaineering - | ||||
| Whillans route - Aguja Poincenot, Patagonia, Italian-Hornli traverse - Matterhorn, Alps | ||||
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