Climbs

So-called because Neil Dyer broke his back when he fell off trying to make the first ascent.

The name is a reference to a poem by William Wordsworth:

There are in our existence spots of time,
That with distinct pre-eminence retain
A renovating virtue, whence, depressed,
By false opinion and contentious thought,
Or aught of heavier or more deadly weight,
In trivial occupations, and the round
Of ordinary intercourse, our minds
Are nourished and invisibly repaired;
A virtue, by which pleasure is enhanced,
That penetrates, enables us to mount
When high, more high, and lifts us up when fallen [3]

References

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHE6FsicWVk

[2] https://www.flickr.com/photos/beastmaker/53188941620/in/photostream/

[3] https://users.scc.spokane.edu/JRoth/Courses/World Masterpieces/POETRYCOMPENDIUM/spots_of_time.htm

Norwegian grade 9

Originally climbed without pads at E8. As with other lines on this bloc it utilises a large chipped runnel to get established on the base of the slab.

Originally the line climbed slightly left of where it currently does, utilising a tiny pebble. Tom de Gay:

I believe JD went further left, but there used to be a handy micro-pebble which I unfortunately removed whilst soloing it, with my right hand on the slopey top, to the left of the seam. c.1998 [1]

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/C53smFWt6jZ/?img_index=1