Ben Heason Repeats Meshuga – E9 6c

Ben Heason climbing Meshuga – E9 6c at Black RocksUKC News, Apr 2010© Ben Heason Collection

Ben Heason climbing Meshuga – E9 6c at Black RocksUKC News, Apr 2010© Ben Heason CollectionOn Saturday 27th March Ben Heason headpointed the Black Rocks test-piece Meshuga E9 6c.Black Rocks is a gritstone crag located near Matlock in the Peak District.Ben Commented:?Meshuga is one of the few remaining grit routes I was motivated to headpoint, and I'd wanted to climb it for years; that photo of Seb on the cover of ?Hard Grit?, a constant, nagging reminder. I finally got around to trying it just before Christmas and was surprised to find the quality of the climbing to be even better than I expected; but shortly afterwards I left for Spain in my van for a couple of months. Returning from Spain's coldest winter in 95 years, having on-sighted an 8a and redpointed an 8b I knew I could climb Meshuga…”Full Report with video on the Wild Country WebsiteBen Heason is sponsored byWild Country andRed ChiliDiesen Artikel inkl. Bilder auf UKClimbing.com anschauen

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