Downhill Racer | E4 Trad climb at Froggatt Edge

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First ascent.

A controversial ascent as holds were chipped prior to it being climbed, though Livesey never admitted to the chipping.

References

[1] On The Edge Issue 107, page 44.

[2] https://youtu.be/dnGh-hggvxs?t=934

Downhill Racer itself eventually received it's first ground up solo ascent from the photographer and future magazine editor Bernard Newman, who embarked on a long and epic struggle with a furious hailstorm erupting; when the hapless man called for a top rope on the increasingly insecure moves high up Bancroft's words floated forcefully up the slab to him - "You can't ask for a top rope, Bernard. You'll regret it for the rest of your life..." [1]

References

[1] On The Edge Issue 107, page 46.