Death Wish | E7 Trad climb at Blue Scar

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Contributors: remus

Ascents

4 recorded ascents.

Climber Style Ascent Date Suggested Grade
Pete Gomersall Lead | worked 19th Sep 1980
First ascent.
Phil Davidson Lead | onsight 19th Sep 1982
Second ascent.

One of the first E7 onsights in the UK and exactly two years after the first ascent.

Phil did this on-sight exactly two years after the first ascent. It was the same day that Gommy [Pete Gomersall] put up The Great White. There was no peg to clip as the route to the right, Stairway to Heaven, didn't exist. Gommy held his ropes. I even have a black and white photo of Phil on that ascent. [1]

References

[1] Email conversation with Elaine Owen, 29th November 2021.

Mike Owen Lead | onsight 19th Jul 1989
Karin Magog Lead | onsight