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Chris Doyle on a previous attempt on The Cypriot V8+/7b+ (NB. He used a different hold for his left hand on the actual ascent), photo: Si Panton

Chris Doyle has climbed another superb problem on the now fashionable Pill Box Wall. The Cypriot V8+/7b+ starts sitting in front of the Pill Box and pulls up into the undercut on the Millenium Drive traverse from a low 2-finger pocket (top tip: tape up your middle finger). It then moves rightwards through the MD crux and escapes upwards via The Greek (which by the way, really should be graded V6/7a).

Chris also climbed the obvious leftwards exit from the sitting start, heading left for 4-5m to the layback crack. Les Bos rates V5/6c+.

Also of note: the crux section of Millenium Drive has become harder with the partial disintegration of the little blocky edge – it may well be worth V10/7c+ now.

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