Its all happening on the Tempest, with Andy Turner unlocking the route in a true ground up style, Dave Macleod has made the 4th ascent of the route. Its the 2nd ground up ascent and the first onsight as Andy had to rid the line of the rotting pegs and wires prior to his ascent.
Dave apparently like Andy got 2/3 the way up the route when he ran out of gear, Dave had spent two and a half hours on the route and then,somehow downclimbed, (not sure how you downclimb a IX,9!!) to reserve the onsight!
Read more here http://theoccasionalphotojournalist.blogspot.com/2010/03/tempest-act-3-scene1-glencoe.html
After a phone call to Andy Turner, Dave returned the next day with more gear and made the first onsight!
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