Autobahn | E10/8c+ Trad climb


Contributors: remus (5 contributions since 25 Sep 2024)
Added 25th September 2024. Last updated 3rd October 2024.

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Tom Randall
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Added at 13:09 on 25 September 2024
Tom Randall
Added at 18:10 on 13 October 2024

Ascents

1 recorded ascents.

Climber Style Ascent Date Suggested Grade
Tom Randall Solo | worked 23rd Sep 2024 8c/8c+
First ascent. Harder than Century Crack.

I'd not anticipated this would become a relatively risky project initially, but I guess I know my limits fairly well, and the style of movement is really predictable. It did weigh on my mind that if I fell it'd be a head-first job, but initially the fact that there was a river under the middle twenty metre section made it feel more justifiable. Only later on did I discover that it was shallow and not much use for a bailing option, but by that time I'd committed to my strategy and I just needed to do some mental gymnastics. [2]

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/DAV59jDMiLm/?img_index=1

[2] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2024/10/tom_randall_makes_first_ascent_of_hard_urban_offwidth-73812

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBFuJHXZlQI