Climbs

Climb Name Type Grade # Ascents Recorded Notes Exclude Reason
Drummond Base Trad climb E8 2
Dulcifer Boulder problem 8A+ 2
Dune Boulder problem 8B+ 2
Dusk Till Dawn Trad climb E8 2
Eagle Huntress (Stand) Boulder problem 8A 2
Earth Ship Boulder problem 8B 2
East Coast Fist Bump Trad climb E9 2
Ebbing the Flow Boulder problem 8B 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.

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