Necronomicon | E9/8b+ Trad climb

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8b/+ depending on how well you fit the thin hands section.

Contributors: remus (10 contributions since 16 Oct 2022)
Added 16th October 2022. Last updated 12th August 2024.

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Jean-Pierre Ouellet
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Added at 05:10 on 16 October 2022
Mary Eden
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Added at 04:10 on 16 October 2022
Mary Eden
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Added at 07:10 on 20 October 2022
Mary Eden
Added at 05:08 on 12 August 2024
Bronwyn Hodgins
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Added at 07:11 on 28 November 2022

Ascents

5 recorded ascents.

Climber Style Ascent Date Suggested Grade
Jean-Pierre Ouellet Lead | worked 1st Nov 2011
Tom Randall Lead | worked Apr 2019

I was really pleased to get this line done, as me and Pete [Whittaker] don't always end up doing that many repeats in the area as we're so obsessed with FAs. In a way, it's nice to calibrate our recent developments and remind ourselves that other people have contributed hard lines and that we should all continually cross-pollinate for difficulty and quality! Fortunately, we've been training thin hands in the last two months, so this was a perfect line at the perfect time. I opted to place extra pieces in the runout middle crux, whereas Pete did his usual "go all-in" and I'm not sure how far he'd have been off the ground if he'd blown it at the end! [1]

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2019/04/roof_crack_repeat_by_randall_and_whittaker_-_necronomicon_513d14a-71912

Pete Whittaker Lead | worked Apr 2019

I was pleased with our successes on this one. When one person gets it it's great, but it always feels like a job half-done, so it was good that we both did it one after the other on the same day. It felt like a little inner personal achievement to me. [1]

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2019/04/roof_crack_repeat_by_randall_and_whittaker_-_necronomicon_513d14a-71912

Mary Eden Lead | worked 7th Oct 2022
Fourth ascent. First female ascent.

An incredibly impressive ascent, making Mary one of the few women to have trad climbed 14a.

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjt3aNHMTFR/

[2] https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj1LKgEsDdP/

[3] https://www.8a.nu/news/necronomicon-8b-+-trad-by-mary-eden

[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoIyUq54BTE

Bronwyn Hodgins Lead | worked 20th Nov 2022 8b