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Jul
24
2007
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7:42am Dave Birkett on new E9 in Wales

WANAKA, NEW ZEALAND (Team Geared Up) - Dave Birkett (UK) has climbed a new E9 (5.14a x according to website) in Wales. Video can be found on the UK’s current answer to BigUp Productions, Posing Productions. The route (as yet unnamed) as described from the site info (photo gallery here also): [...] Read More »


Jul
21
2007
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2:14pm Rare repeat of E6 in Ireland

WANAKA, NEW ZEALAND (Team Geared Up) - I unfortunately missed this one as it’s almost 4 weeks ago now, but it definitely deserves a mention. Local Burren climbing website, Ailladie.com, is reporting that Gregor (the site’s author) has succeeded on a rare repeat of Sunbane (E6 6b/c, 5.1[...] Read More »


Jul
12
2007
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10:12am Irish climber on-sights E6 6b, Pembroke, Wales

CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND (Team Geared Up) - Irish climber, Dave Ayton, has on-sighted an E6 6b (5.12b) in The Huntsman Leap in Pembroke, Wales. Adding extra excitement was climbing out by the driest route in a rain shower via three routes, “The Witching Hour into Bloody Sunday into Scorched [...] Read More »