Icon of Lust | E8 Trad climb at Shelterstone Crag

First ascent.

I hadn't a piece of gear below me for 100ft. worthy of holding a dead pheasant, so I switch off and rush at the final 6a slab in the drizzle without care. I heave onto the belay and sit on my throne, regal, my mind lost in a world of chaos and aspirations - the Icon of Lust set in stone forever. [1]

References

[1] SMCJ Number 197 - Vol 39 - 2006