Andy Marshall 2nd ascent An Bealach Eile E8 6c - Fairhead, Ireland...
27th Apr 2011
Quick update from Andy Marshall Wild Country and Red Chili climber:
"Made it out last weekend for some climbing been getting out a litle more lately which is class! Alll work and no play.... was able to make the 2nd ascent of a route i wanted to do last year but a wet streak at the top never seemed to dry up so figured a new sequence and avoided the wet bit. Got a few photos from my mate Craig. he's pretty top notch with the old camera so was good to know he was getting some good shots. Thanks for the shoes and t shirt as you can see from the photos they where most welcomed!
An Bealach Eile E8 6c - Hard technical climbing with really fiddly bad gear and not very inspiring gear either. The first half is just off a big ledge so its a no fall off route very committing all went fairly smooth. the top half moves from being on good holds to a section were they just dissappear and its small crimp crushing time with some fancy footwork it too went ok bar getting a little tired and pumped at the top nothing that a few power grunt's didnt sort out ..put up by Ricky Bell a few years ago and i followed him on it so been meaning to get back to do it myself. its good to get out tradding again been a cold winter of bouldering nice just to be out on the crag."
Thanks to Craig Hiller for the photos you can see more at http://www.hillerscapes.co.uk/
