Necronomicon | E9/8b+ Trad climb

First ascent.

References

[1] https://megapeewee.blogspot.com/2011/11/necronomicon.html

[2] https://www.instagram.com/p/B-xEj6RDlMr/

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

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

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

Fifth ascent. 5 sessions.

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/ClfoXy8OlfK/

[2] https://www.8a.nu/news/bronwyn-hodgins-has-done-necronomicon-8b-+-trad-3orwk

[3] https://www.wildcountry.com/bronwyn-hodgins-roof-cracks