Glen Shian

United Kingdom / Scotland / Lochailort

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Climbs

2 recorded climbs.

Year Climb Grade Climber Style Date
First ascent.

I guess I was in the right frame of mind, so I led it anyway. Of course the inevitable happened and everything went wrong on the crux. I caught the thumb press but at the same time my toes seemed to buckle on a tiny smear and my body arched backwards. In that breath, I fully expected to fall. But at least I also fully accepted I was committed. So survival instinct could fully kick in and I pressed down into the crimp I’d locked to my knee level with strength you only get above an unprotected drop. That was enough to escape the impending splat and I pressed on, wobbling like jelly, all the way to the top. [1]

References

[1] https://davemacleod.blogspot.com/2010/11/die-by-drop-e10-7a.html

[2] https://www.ukclimbing.com/videos/categories/trad_climbing/dave_macleod_-die_by_the_drop-_e10-409

First ascent.
Climb Grade # Recorded Ascents Ascents Recorded Between
Die by the Drop E10 3 31st October 2010 – 1st April 2018
Apophenia E7 3 1st November 2010 – 1st April 2018