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Re: [Exmoor Coast Group] Uruk Hai - Hurlstone Point

And i am the guy who followed jamie up!

--- In exmoorcoast@..., jamie Marshall <swanny290@...>
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> hi josh
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> i actually did this climb yesterday and it was great, but like jon
said when you get to the top of the buttress and have the next
section before you top out its pretty interesting! Terry says that
it is possible to get in micro nuts for protection on this last
section but i couldnt get anything in as i dont own any, so i would
definately agree with the severe grading without a doubt, dont let
the start fool you! Still a great cimb though!
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> --- On Mon, 4/8/08, Josh Rose <freelancer_8504@...> wrote:
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> From: Josh Rose <freelancer_8504@...>
> Subject: [Exmoor Coast Group] Uruk Hai - Hurlstone Point
> To: exmoorcoast@...
> Date: Monday, 4 August, 2008, 1:29 PM
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> Just received an update for this climb on ukclimbing, and noticed
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> VDiff. I haven't done it so I thought I'd ask everyone here what
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> "Following the edge of the buttress on the far side of coastguard
> wall, up onto the butress then up the last section which is
> unprotectable. Best broken into three pitches to minimise drag. This
> is Severe due to the crux and unprotectable section."
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Tue Aug 5, 2008 2:14 pm

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Hello everyone, Just received an update for this climb on ukclimbing, and noticed that the author of the update thinks that it is a severe rather than a VDiff....
Josh Rose
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Aug 4, 2008
12:29 pm

Hi Would agree with severe. Is a really great route initially up to the top of the pinacle on the far side of Coastguard Wall. The bit after that is on very...
jsparkes4409
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Aug 4, 2008
3:42 pm

hi josh   i actually did this climb yesterday and it was great, but like jon said when you get to the top of the buttress and have the next section before...
jamie Marshall
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Aug 4, 2008
6:00 pm

And i am the guy who followed jamie up! ... said when you get to the top of the buttress and have the next section before you top out its...
antoniusblock42
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Aug 5, 2008
2:14 pm

- ... bit. M. Withey and Keith Vickery of the Red Slab Climbing Club based in Taunton put the route up on the 30th May 1966. They described following the...
Terry
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Aug 5, 2008
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