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Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Sonny Trotter's First Trad Ascent of Cobra Crack (5.14)
Nice video of Sonny Trotter's first
"free" (i.e. trad)
ascent of Cobra Crack at Squamish in Canada. He climbed it 30-40 times over a couple of years, before finally doing the first traditional ascent.
It's a beautiful bit of climbing, really controlled and technical, with lots of finger jamming. There's a
thread over at UKC
discussing the clip, and what UK grade it should be, using Dave McLeod's first ascent of
Rhapsody
as a comparison. Although Cobra Crack looks to have a reasonable amount of protection, the odds
of being able to hold yourself to the wall long enough to be able to place it are minimal!
This picture shows
the overhanging crack at more like its true angle
- yikes!
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