Carmen Picasso | E8 Trad climb at Upper Gorple

First ascent.

Ben watched Dave MacLeod top rope the route before flashing it with the gear in place. He then repeated the route placing all the gear on lead.

He found some extra gear that was not used on the first ascent and suggested it brought the grade down to E7/8.

References

https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/ben-bransby-flashes-e9-in-britain.html

With a pre-placed wire.

References

[1] A record of ground-up and on-sight climbing on Peak, Yorkshire and Lancashire gritstone