Forty years after making the first ascent, Ben Moon is back on Statement of Youth, aroute that not only represented the cutting edge in terms of difficulty at the time of its first ascent, but also marked the dawn of a new approach to the discipline of climbing in the UK as a whole.
WI6+ marks the upper limit of pure ice difficulty. Here are 10 routes with the grade from B.C. to Newfoundland.
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https://gripped.com/profiles/10-of-canadas-hardest-ice-climbs/
Jules Marchaland has made just the second ever flash of an 8C boulder, with his ascent of Power of Now Direct (f8C), in Magic Wood, Switzerland.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=784162
After considerable effort and trauma, Eliot Stephens closes the deal making the first ascent of another South Wales boulder test-piece.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/eliot-stephen-makes-first-ascent-of-the-malleus-maleficarum-font-8c/
Will Bosi has made the second ascent of Stefano Ghisolfi's Excalibur, 9b+, at Drena, near Arco, Italy.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=778536
