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Chris Doyle on the superb Seaview Prow V5/6c+ Photos: Tom Mills


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Tom Mills on the equally splendid Seaview Wall V5/6/6c+/7a Photo: Chris Doyle

Chris Doyle has climbed a fine pair of new problems down at sea level on Great Orme.

To reach them park up where the Marine Drive road splits (i.e. where the left hand road goes up onto the top of the Orme). Walk along the road (in the opposite direction of Parisella's), go through the hole in the wall on the right and follow the narrow path down, trending leftwards for approximately 150m, before dropping down onto the wavecut platform. It is fairly obvious where to descend; just look for the area of jet black rock surrounded by bright green algae. Climb down a clean nose of black rock next to a strange dripping algae grotto (proper science fiction fantasy stuff!)

Seaview Prow V5/6c+ is the first obvious prow you come to (head 50m right, facing in). It starts in the break and finishes in the next break. Seaview Wall V5/6/6c+/7a takes the wall to the left, once again starting in the break and finishing in the break. Both could potentially be topped out, but the climbing would be quite highball.

NB. A subsequent visit showed the original sequence for Seaview Wall to be duff. Done correctly it is probably only V3/6a+. See the link below for details of other new lines.

Relevant links:
      G Master V6/7a, G Skin V6/7a news item