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Dave Noden making the first ascent of Talking – Closer V6/7A Photos: Si Panton


Calum Muskett showing his method for the crux of The Liberal Party V5/6C+


The dead cow.

Yesterday Dave Noden added a nifty link up line to the Closer block at Porth Ysgo. Starting up the initial slappy moves of Talking Dog he then swung rightwards along the slopey shelf and made a series of lurches and roll-overs along the lip of the steepness into the finish of Closer. This gave a good physical V6/7A.

Later on Calum Muskett climbed the obvious line just left of Foam Party from a sitting start on the large undercuts and with the use of the low base block. The Liberal Party V5/6C+ is initially steady, but soon reaches an impasse with a choice of slappy sequences leading up to the left hand finish of Foam Party.

Recent visitors will have noticed the large dead cow sprawled across the boulders beneath The Ysgo Crack. On overcast days it is not too smelly (yet), but once the sun hits it it really starts to hum!

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