Climbs

Climb Name Type Grade # Ascents Recorded Notes Exclude Reason
I Ran the Bath Trad climb E7 1

Now more typically done as a DWS at about 7b.
Iris Boulder problem 8B+ 1
Iron Man Sport route 9a 1
Irreversible Boulder problem 8B 1
Isinglas Trad climb E8 1
It Hurts Trad climb E7 1
Ivan Dobsky Boulder problem 8A+ 1
Ivory Madonna Trad climb E5 1
I Will Be My Own Hell Trad climb E7 1
Ixeia Sport route 8b+ 1
Jabberwocky SD Boulder problem 8B 1
Jacala Deep water solo 7c+ 1
Jack the Chipper Boulder problem 7C 1
Jai-Alai Sport route 9a 1
Jamming Boulder problem 8B 1
Jamming Destruction Sport route 9b 1
Jam Sandwich Trad climb E5 1
Jaro Boulder problem 8B 1
Jasmine Trad climb E6 1

Ron named the route after his daughter.
Javelin Blade Trad climb E1 1

One of the hardest pieces of climbing in Wales for a long time. Mark Reeves writes:

There are many routes that have gained infamy for being the first of their grade, often the most notable are because they occurred long before that grade was ever firmly established. As such those routes have often remained total sandbags for years until eventually, the grades settled out to what they should be and the truth about the outstanding futuristic nature of the first ascent becomes known to those that take the time to look in the back of a guidebook.

Javelin Blade is one such route, it sits high above the Idwal Slabs in the Ogwen Valley, an airy E1 climbed back in 1930 when VS was considered the cutting edge. The first time I climbed it I was as unaware as Jack Longland was on the first ascent to the significance of this route. [1]

References

[1] https://www.climber.co.uk/outdoor/jack-longland-the-accidental-hero/

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