Climbs

Climb Name Type Grade # Ascents Recorded Notes Exclude Reason
East Coast Fist Bump Trad climb E9 2
Echo Wall Trad climb E10 2

Echo Wall is a hard trad climb located high on Ben Nevis and established by Dave MacLeod in July 2008. It is an incredibly bold route, featuring climbing around french 8c in a position where you can't afford to fall off.

The route's location high on Ben Nevis necessitates some tricky tactics to make the most of the fleeting season. While working on the first ascent Dave Macleod would hike to the top of the route and shovel massive amounts of snow off the top of the route to minimise the amount of snow melt and maximise the number of days he could spend working the route over the season.

In training for his ascent, Dave famously soloed Darwin Dixit 8b+ in Margalef, one of the hardest solos in the world at the time.

At the time of the first ascent Dave did not offer a grade but he's later said it could be around E10 [1].

References

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

[2] https://www.mntnfilm.com/en/film/echo-wall-2008
Éclipse Boulder problem 7C 2
Ego Land Sport route 8c 2
Ejector Seat Deep water solo 7c 2
El Club de la Lucha Sport route 8b+ 2
Elder Crack Trad climb E2 2
El Desafío Sport route 8a 2
Electric Copper Boulder problem 8A 2
El Guardià Sport route 8a 2
El Infierno Boulder problem 8B 2
El Intento Sport route 9a 2
Elm Street Boulder problem 7C+ 2

Originally soloed at E7, now more commonly climbed above a big stack of pads.
El Pistolero Boulder problem 8B 2

Norway
Empainada Deep water solo 8b+ 2

Shares the start of Animal Magnetism before taking a more direct finish.
Empreintes Sport route 9a 2
Energy Vampire Sport route 8a+ 2
En Passant Trad climb E10 2

The trad grade depends on whether the two bolts at the crux are clipped. Currently graded for not using these.
Entrée Sport route 8a 2
Epitaph Boulder problem 8C+ 2

The problem lost some holds after Dai Koyamada made the first ascent, then shortly after Ryuichi Murai made the second ascent another important hold was lost and the problem was considered unclimbable. However Toru Nakajima was able to reclimb the problem, suggesting an upgrade to 8C+ in the state he climbed it in.

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