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On arriving at the crag Hamish worked the route for an afternoon then returned the next day and dispatched it on his fourth redpoint attempt of the day. A remarkably quick ascent! [1]

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2022/09/hunger_9a_by_hamish_mcarthur-73151

[2] https://www.instagram.com/p/CiktsT8DZUZ/

[3] https://youtu.be/d6GZXddeAEg

[4] https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/hamish-mcarthur-repeats-hunger-malcom-smith-9a-anvil-scotland.html

My rests became far less about the body, sometimes only being two or three minutes after my previous attempt. By my ninth pull on of the day, I'd climbed the physical equivalent of eight V16 boulders one after another, including one violent dry fire from a place I'd considered the boulder to be "over". [5]

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/DI1VpYaILgJ/?img_index=1

[2] https://www.instagram.com/p/DI2IBrCykK9/

[3] https://www.climbing.com/news/first-repeat-worlds-hardest-boulder-megatron

[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXsdFEKL1Ag

[5] https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/trip_reports/gambling_on_confidence-16441

11.15AM: start hiking 12.00PM: arrive at boulder 12.30PM: try Defying Gravity 1.15PM: stick crux move 1.30PM: send Defying Gravity 1.45PM: try No One Mourns The Wicked 2.15PM: stick low crux 2.47PM: send No One Mourns The Wicked 3:45PM: start hiking

2 hours, 17 minutes from first trying Defying Gravity (8C) to doing the whole thing!

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/DJRzZIzOOWv/?hl=en&img_index=1

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6lWVJrigTA

[3] https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/trip_reports/gambling_on_confidence-16441

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[1] https://instagram.com/p/DDz626fSOdf/

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[1] https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDK0xcdIY9g/

[2] https://youtu.be/F_y6pQI3o-E?t=202

Hamish used a new toehook method for the start, and suggested 8B+/V14 may be more appropriate for that method. He was also extremely close to flashing the problem, only making a minor dab on the last move. [2]

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/DJPFn_1Il9L/

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU30eMYavfk

In 30 minutes.

Hamish had amazing grit to be able to send this boulder in one session.

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[1] https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMNo65Eq5SQ/

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[1] https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cx3PwsjMl06/=

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

[2] https://youtu.be/F_y6pQI3o-E?t=272

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[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/DDNfa1azZ-O/?img_index=7

[2] https://youtu.be/F_y6pQI3o-E?t=385

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

[2] https://youtu.be/F_y6pQI3o-E?t=385

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

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[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/DC7X1moogL7/?img_index=1

[2] https://youtu.be/F_y6pQI3o-E?t=116

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

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[1] https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_yiqMLNdqv/

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[1] https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSziRk6CETv/

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[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/DC7X1moogL7/?img_index=1

[2] https://youtu.be/F_y6pQI3o-E?t=46

Hamish had amazing grit to be able to send this boulder in one session.

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMNo65Eq5SQ/