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1 United Kingdom 11179 22nd May 2025 – 30th October 2026 117 13 0 586 1084
2 France 3482 22nd May 2025 – 2nd November 2026 32 13 0 175 330
3 USA 1774 30th July 2025 – 20th September 2026 26 56 0 167 88
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10 Germany 151 8th November 2025 – 6th August 2026 4 6 0 10 5

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2301 18th June 2026 09:40:01 UTC Mono climb The Great Escape notes_pretty
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<p><a href="/climber/154/john-dunne" rel="noopener noreferrer">John Dunne</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I was stunned at the scale and quality of the wall and it is a fantastic piece of rock, technical and bold with the huge flake feature on the main pitch. The route is awesome and world class.</p> </blockquote> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] <a href="https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2016/05/mchaffie_and_dunne_on_the_great_escape-70475" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2016/05/mchaffie_and_dunne_on_the_great_escape-70475</a></p>
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<p>The route takes the sole weakness in one of the UK's largest sweeps of granite.</p> <p><a href="/climber/154/john-dunne" rel="noopener noreferrer">John Dunne</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I was stunned at the scale and quality of the wall and it is a fantastic piece of rock, technical and bold with the huge flake feature on the main pitch. The route is awesome and world class.</p> </blockquote> <p>John's first ascent was not without controversy, as <a href="/climber/146/dave-macleod" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dave MacLeod</a> made a competing claim at around the same time, having found the top pitch dirty and unchalked.</p> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] <a href="https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2016/05/mchaffie_and_dunne_on_the_great_escape-70475" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2016/05/mchaffie_and_dunne_on_the_great_escape-70475</a></p>
2302 18th June 2026 09:40:01 UTC Mono climb The Great Escape notes
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[John Dunne](/climber/154/john-dunne): >I was stunned at the scale and quality of the wall and it is a fantastic piece of rock, technical and bold with the huge flake feature on the main pitch. The route is awesome and world class. ### References [1] [https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2016/05/mchaffie_and_dunne_on_the_great_escape-70475](https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2016/05/mchaffie_and_dunne_on_the_great_escape-70475)
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The route takes the sole weakness in one of the UK's largest sweeps of granite. [John Dunne](/climber/154/john-dunne): >I was stunned at the scale and quality of the wall and it is a fantastic piece of rock, technical and bold with the huge flake feature on the main pitch. The route is awesome and world class. John's first ascent was not without controversy, as [Dave MacLeod](/climber/146/dave-macleod) made a competing claim at around the same time, having found the top pitch dirty and unchalked. ### References [1] [https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2016/05/mchaffie_and_dunne_on_the_great_escape-70475](https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2016/05/mchaffie_and_dunne_on_the_great_escape-70475)
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[John Dunne](/climber/154/john-dunne):
>I was stunned at the scale and quality of the wall and it is a fantastic piece of rock, technical and bold with the huge flake feature on the main pitch. The route is awesome and world class.
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+John's first ascent was not without controversy, as [Dave MacLeod](/climber/146/dave-macleod) made a competing claim at around the same time, having found the top pitch dirty and unchalked.

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2313 18th June 2026 09:33:29 UTC Mono climb The Great Escape notes_pretty
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<p><a href="/climber/154/john-dunne" rel="noopener noreferrer">John Dunne</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I was stunned at the scale and quality of the wall and it is a fantastic piece of rock, technical and bold with the huge flake feature on the main pitch. The route is awesome and world class.</p> </blockquote> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] <a href="https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2016/05/mchaffie_and_dunne_on_the_great_escape-70475" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2016/05/mchaffie_and_dunne_on_the_great_escape-70475</a></p>
2314 18th June 2026 09:33:29 UTC Mono climb The Great Escape notes
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[John Dunne](/climber/154/john-dunne): >I was stunned at the scale and quality of the wall and it is a fantastic piece of rock, technical and bold with the huge flake feature on the main pitch. The route is awesome and world class. ### References [1] [https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2016/05/mchaffie_and_dunne_on_the_great_escape-70475](https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2016/05/mchaffie_and_dunne_on_the_great_escape-70475)
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+### References
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+[1] [https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2016/05/mchaffie_and_dunne_on_the_great_escape-70475](https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2016/05/mchaffie_and_dunne_on_the_great_escape-70475)
2315 18th June 2026 09:29:41 UTC Mono climb The Great Escape Pitches
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2316 18th June 2026 09:29:18 UTC Mono ascent Dave MacLeod's ascent of The Great Escape notes_pretty
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<p>Dave believed his ascent to be the first ascent, later learning of John Dunne's claim.</p> <blockquote> <p>The route would be three distinct pitches. Pitch two would almost certainly form the meat of the difficulties, but the top pitch might also be tricky, with a few options for where you could go. After abseiling to a big ledge at the top of the main pitch, I re-rigged the rope and continued down. As soon as I was over the lip, I was surprised to find that the whole line was not only obvious but very well chalked. I had enough experience to know that the route had seen attention from someone who really knew what they were doing. Each hold had been carefully cleaned, and every single foot smear had been marked with a tiny dab of chalk. I'd seen that done here and there on boulder problems before, but never for every foothold on a 45-metre mountain pitch like this. […]</p> <p>On the way back up the rope, I also tried the top pitch. Unlike the one below, it had no chalk, and some of the holds were covered in thick, tough lichen. I spent about four hours scrubbing the whole wall with a wire brush to make the moves possible for me. It was clear this pitch was only a grade or so easier than the one below.</p> <p>Back home in Glasgow, I made an assumption. Even if the main pitch had been done, whoever had done it had gone a different way for the top pitch since that was still dirty. Most likely, they would have taken the path of least resistance, escaping left after the big ledge. A month passed and I heard nothing in the climbing media or on the grapevine about the route having been done, so I resolved to get on the line I had cleaned. Regardless of whether the main pitch had been climbed or not, the headwall would add distinction and a lot of difficulty to the overall route. […]</p> <p>Given that tense first meeting with John [Dunne] at Kendal, I was dismayed to learn that the route on Arran was his. After some confusion, I heard John had indeed climbed the exact same line as me, including the final pitch. I doubted this could be correct, since it was so dirty and the main pitch so thoroughly cleaned. But John rang me and asked me to describe in detail where I went, and he told me that was what he had done. He said the top pitch had been dirty, but he had just climbed through it. […] John called the climb The Great Escape. Had the first ascent been mine, I would have called it Macrochiera, after the giant spider crab, since the wall resembled the shape of the crab, with the flake of the crux pitch forming the left pincer. The right pincer is a much harder line and remains unclimbed to this day.</p> </blockquote> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] Dave MacLeod, 'Moving the Needle', Rare Breed Productions, 2024</p>
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<p>Dave believed his ascent to be the first ascent, later learning of <a href="/climber/154/john-dunne" rel="noopener noreferrer">John Dunne</a> claim.</p> <blockquote> <p>The route would be three distinct pitches. Pitch two would almost certainly form the meat of the difficulties, but the top pitch might also be tricky, with a few options for where you could go. After abseiling to a big ledge at the top of the main pitch, I re-rigged the rope and continued down. As soon as I was over the lip, I was surprised to find that the whole line was not only obvious but very well chalked. I had enough experience to know that the route had seen attention from someone who really knew what they were doing. Each hold had been carefully cleaned, and every single foot smear had been marked with a tiny dab of chalk. I'd seen that done here and there on boulder problems before, but never for every foothold on a 45-metre mountain pitch like this. […]</p> <p>On the way back up the rope, I also tried the top pitch. Unlike the one below, it had no chalk, and some of the holds were covered in thick, tough lichen. I spent about four hours scrubbing the whole wall with a wire brush to make the moves possible for me. It was clear this pitch was only a grade or so easier than the one below.</p> <p>Back home in Glasgow, I made an assumption. Even if the main pitch had been done, whoever had done it had gone a different way for the top pitch since that was still dirty. Most likely, they would have taken the path of least resistance, escaping left after the big ledge. A month passed and I heard nothing in the climbing media or on the grapevine about the route having been done, so I resolved to get on the line I had cleaned. Regardless of whether the main pitch had been climbed or not, the headwall would add distinction and a lot of difficulty to the overall route. […]</p> <p>Given that tense first meeting with John [Dunne] at Kendal, I was dismayed to learn that the route on Arran was his. After some confusion, I heard John had indeed climbed the exact same line as me, including the final pitch. I doubted this could be correct, since it was so dirty and the main pitch so thoroughly cleaned. But John rang me and asked me to describe in detail where I went, and he told me that was what he had done. He said the top pitch had been dirty, but he had just climbed through it. […] John called the climb The Great Escape. Had the first ascent been mine, I would have called it Macrochiera, after the giant spider crab, since the wall resembled the shape of the crab, with the flake of the crux pitch forming the left pincer. The right pincer is a much harder line and remains unclimbed to this day.</p> </blockquote> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] Dave MacLeod, 'Moving the Needle', Rare Breed Productions, 2024</p>
2317 18th June 2026 09:29:18 UTC Mono ascent Dave MacLeod's ascent of The Great Escape notes
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Dave believed his ascent to be the first ascent, later learning of John Dunne's claim. >The route would be three distinct pitches. Pitch two would almost certainly form the meat of the difficulties, but the top pitch might also be tricky, with a few options for where you could go. After abseiling to a big ledge at the top of the main pitch, I re-rigged the rope and continued down. As soon as I was over the lip, I was surprised to find that the whole line was not only obvious but very well chalked. I had enough experience to know that the route had seen attention from someone who really knew what they were doing. Each hold had been carefully cleaned, and every single foot smear had been marked with a tiny dab of chalk. I'd seen that done here and there on boulder problems before, but never for every foothold on a 45-metre mountain pitch like this. […] >On the way back up the rope, I also tried the top pitch. Unlike the one below, it had no chalk, and some of the holds were covered in thick, tough lichen. I spent about four hours scrubbing the whole wall with a wire brush to make the moves possible for me. It was clear this pitch was only a grade or so easier than the one below. >Back home in Glasgow, I made an assumption. Even if the main pitch had been done, whoever had done it had gone a different way for the top pitch since that was still dirty. Most likely, they would have taken the path of least resistance, escaping left after the big ledge. A month passed and I heard nothing in the climbing media or on the grapevine about the route having been done, so I resolved to get on the line I had cleaned. Regardless of whether the main pitch had been climbed or not, the headwall would add distinction and a lot of difficulty to the overall route. […] >Given that tense first meeting with John [Dunne] at Kendal, I was dismayed to learn that the route on Arran was his. After some confusion, I heard John had indeed climbed the exact same line as me, including the final pitch. I doubted this could be correct, since it was so dirty and the main pitch so thoroughly cleaned. But John rang me and asked me to describe in detail where I went, and he told me that was what he had done. He said the top pitch had been dirty, but he had just climbed through it. […] John called the climb The Great Escape. Had the first ascent been mine, I would have called it Macrochiera, after the giant spider crab, since the wall resembled the shape of the crab, with the flake of the crux pitch forming the left pincer. The right pincer is a much harder line and remains unclimbed to this day. ### References [1] Dave MacLeod, 'Moving the Needle', Rare Breed Productions, 2024
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Dave believed his ascent to be the first ascent, later learning of [John Dunne](/climber/154/john-dunne) claim. >The route would be three distinct pitches. Pitch two would almost certainly form the meat of the difficulties, but the top pitch might also be tricky, with a few options for where you could go. After abseiling to a big ledge at the top of the main pitch, I re-rigged the rope and continued down. As soon as I was over the lip, I was surprised to find that the whole line was not only obvious but very well chalked. I had enough experience to know that the route had seen attention from someone who really knew what they were doing. Each hold had been carefully cleaned, and every single foot smear had been marked with a tiny dab of chalk. I'd seen that done here and there on boulder problems before, but never for every foothold on a 45-metre mountain pitch like this. […] >On the way back up the rope, I also tried the top pitch. Unlike the one below, it had no chalk, and some of the holds were covered in thick, tough lichen. I spent about four hours scrubbing the whole wall with a wire brush to make the moves possible for me. It was clear this pitch was only a grade or so easier than the one below. >Back home in Glasgow, I made an assumption. Even if the main pitch had been done, whoever had done it had gone a different way for the top pitch since that was still dirty. Most likely, they would have taken the path of least resistance, escaping left after the big ledge. A month passed and I heard nothing in the climbing media or on the grapevine about the route having been done, so I resolved to get on the line I had cleaned. Regardless of whether the main pitch had been climbed or not, the headwall would add distinction and a lot of difficulty to the overall route. […] >Given that tense first meeting with John [Dunne] at Kendal, I was dismayed to learn that the route on Arran was his. After some confusion, I heard John had indeed climbed the exact same line as me, including the final pitch. I doubted this could be correct, since it was so dirty and the main pitch so thoroughly cleaned. But John rang me and asked me to describe in detail where I went, and he told me that was what he had done. He said the top pitch had been dirty, but he had just climbed through it. […] John called the climb The Great Escape. Had the first ascent been mine, I would have called it Macrochiera, after the giant spider crab, since the wall resembled the shape of the crab, with the flake of the crux pitch forming the left pincer. The right pincer is a much harder line and remains unclimbed to this day. ### References [1] Dave MacLeod, 'Moving the Needle', Rare Breed Productions, 2024
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>The route would be three distinct pitches. Pitch two would almost certainly form the meat of the difficulties, but the top pitch might also be tricky, with a few options for where you could go. After abseiling to a big ledge at the top of the main pitch, I re-rigged the rope and continued down. As soon as I was over the lip, I was surprised to find that the whole line was not only obvious but very well chalked. I had enough experience to know that the route had seen attention from someone who really knew what they were doing. Each hold had been carefully cleaned, and every single foot smear had been marked with a tiny dab of chalk. I'd seen that done here and there on boulder problems before, but never for every foothold on a 45-metre mountain pitch like this. […]

>On the way back up the rope, I also tried the top pitch. Unlike the one below, it had no chalk, and some of the holds were covered in thick, tough lichen. I spent about four hours scrubbing the whole wall with a wire brush to make the moves possible for me. It was clear this pitch was only a grade or so easier than the one below.
2318 18th June 2026 09:28:40 UTC Mono ascent John Dunne's ascent of The Great Escape Ascent #
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2319 18th June 2026 09:28:21 UTC Mono ascent John Dunne's ascent of The Great Escape notes_pretty
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<p>John named the route and is now widely credited with the first ascent, though this was disputed at the time as <a href="/climber/146/dave-macleod" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dave MacLeod</a> may have nipped in beforehand. Following controversy over his E10 grading of <a href="/climb/1455/breathless" rel="noopener noreferrer">Breathless</a> (E9), John graded the route HXS.</p>
2320 18th June 2026 09:28:21 UTC Mono ascent John Dunne's ascent of The Great Escape notes
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John suggested a grade of HXS
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John named the route and is now widely credited with the first ascent, though this was disputed at the time as [Dave MacLeod](/climber/146/dave-macleod) may have nipped in beforehand. Following controversy over his E10 grading of [Breathless](/climb/1455/breathless) (E9), John graded the route HXS.
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