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From:	United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Gender:	Male
Hardest Trad (Worked):	E8

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remus

18 contributions since 14th December 2021.

TdG

10 contributions since 22nd October 2025.

Quick Info

From:	United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Gender:	Male
Hardest Trad (Worked):	E8

Contributors

remus

18 contributions since 14th December 2021.

TdG

10 contributions since 22nd October 2025.

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Creator of The Grit List (2002) Website

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Ascents

5 recorded ascents.

Year		Climb	Grade	Style	Date
1999		Slab and Crack	E8	Lead \| worked	15th Aug 1999
		Dislocated shoulder on the last hard move on lead, and just managed to do a one-arm mantle to finish. It's weird that you can tear yourself apart... Duncan kindly drove me to his doctor friend in Sheffield for some brilliant painkillers, and I sailed back to Leicester in a daze. A big day out for me!
2000		Messiah	E7	Lead \| worked	May 2000
		Had the crux dialled on top-rope ("Easy, that"), but found I couldn't do it on my lead attempt at all -- it all felt wrong. My fear of falling off was so strong that I immediately concocted a completely different sequence -- going up for break with RH -- on the spot that worked - just. Idiot. [1] References [1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crags/burbage_south_edge-89/messiah-10685
		Brazil First ascent.	E6	Solo \| worked	Oct 2000
2001
2002		The Driven Bow First ascent.	E7	Lead \| worked	Oct 2002
		References [1] https://www.instagram.com/p/CXdkXbrtyBg/
2003		The Mandrake Second ascent?	E5	Lead \| worked	2003

	Climb	Grade	Style	Ascent Date	Suggested Grade

	Climb	Grade	Style	Ascent Date	Suggested Grade

	Climb	Grade	Style	Ascent Date	Suggested Grade
	Slab and Crack	E8	Lead \| worked	15th Aug 1999
	Dislocated shoulder on the last hard move on lead, and just managed to do a one-arm mantle to finish. It's weird that you can tear yourself apart... Duncan kindly drove me to his doctor friend in Sheffield for some brilliant painkillers, and I sailed back to Leicester in a daze. A big day out for me!
	Messiah	E7	Lead \| worked	May 2000
	Had the crux dialled on top-rope ("Easy, that"), but found I couldn't do it on my lead attempt at all -- it all felt wrong. My fear of falling off was so strong that I immediately concocted a completely different sequence -- going up for break with RH -- on the spot that worked - just. Idiot. [1] References [1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crags/burbage_south_edge-89/messiah-10685
	The Driven Bow	E7	Lead \| worked	Oct 2002
	First ascent.
	References [1] https://www.instagram.com/p/CXdkXbrtyBg/
	Brazil	E6	Solo \| worked	Oct 2000
	First ascent.
	The Mandrake	E5	Lead \| worked	2003
	Second ascent?

	Climb	Grade	Style	Ascent Date	Suggested Grade