Black Walls
1. Better Luck Next Time Steve (6b+) short technical wall with boulder problem start and steep finish. 2. Opening Salvo (6b+) * pleasant face climbing slightly rightwards to steep finale. Good climbing. 3. Closing Chapter (6b+) * technical face with one hard technical move. 4. Lifelong Learning (5) shallow groove line with one tricky move at half height. 5. The Numbers Game (6b) shallow groove line technical middle section. 6. Masson Impossible (6c) technical black face with hard moves at half height. Slightly contrived. 7. Cattle Mutilation Expedition (6c+) ** superb sustained face climbing with a tricky start and hard finish. Low in grade. 8. Fuck Your Gods (7a) ** an even better pitch with sustained technical interest on the wall to the left. Fingery. 9. Long Black Veil (7a) *** the centre of the black wall starting via a flake. Sustained and very fingery with superb moves. 10. Never to Rise (7a+) ** A difficult start via a faint rib leads to fine technical face climbing and a stopper finish. Harder for the short. 11. Resurrection (7b+) ** the inevitable superb extension to Never to Rise with sustained and fingery climbing. 12. Seventh Time Lucky (7b) * An even harder start to easier climbing and a long reach to gain the prominent scar in the face. A little disjointed. 13. Masson Accomplished (7a) *** a fabulous new route taking the full height of the wall with a technical start, fingery face climbing and a steep, strenuous finale. 14. The Cows, The Cows (7a+) *** the classic of the wall starting via the right arete of the prominent groove. Intricate low down |