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One sling for aid.

Brown managed to manoeuvre a big stone halfway up the crack from above and used this for aid to place a small chockstone higher in the crack as a runner. Above, it became a major test of crack technique with some desperate climbing round the lip of the roof which Brown overcame free. Despite the 'aid', Ramshaw Crack was probably the hardest gritstone crack of the 1960s. [1]

References

[1] 'Peak Rock', Vertebrate Publishing, 2013

Grieve suggested E8 for his solo ascent.

Soloed (Friend 6 did not exist.) with home-made knee-pads made from bathroom towels for added friction. Jeans are a good idea as well. Swinging across with a guppy and a pinch to the a-cheval position is the crux. Coming out of a-cheval to final layback is the heart-stopper and impossible to choreograph due to the 'knee-pad drift'. Felt very E8 at the time. Harder and bolder than Gaia and End of the Affair.

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References

[1] Mountain Issue 141 (1991), page 10 https://climbing-history.org/library/11320/mountain-141

Soloed this bad boy way before the advent of highball bouldering and pads! no spotters just old school .... Ok its highball now but hell its still hard! :) my proudest moments...

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/CW0bxlLNv-_/