Gaz Parry Climbs True North – F8c

Gaz Parry climbs True North, F8c, KilnseyUKC News, 21 Jul 2009© Keith SharplesParting Shot for Parry as he heads for SpainGaz Parry has climbed the super-stamina F8c True North at Kilnsey, Yorkshire.Commenting on his blog, Gaz describes his motivation for the line:“A long time ago I witnessed a ground breaking fast ascent of True North. That day I had the pleasure of holding Ian Vickers' ropes as he worked the route and redpointed it on his first attempt all within 2 hours. Even by today's standards this would be considered a fast ascent of an 8c. Since then the seed had been sowed that one day I would clip the chains having repeated True North.“Gaz has attempted the route off and on for a few years, being thwarted by the weather and wet holds. This year Kilnsey was dry and Gaz „decided I would grind True North into submission“.True North is a long route on the North buttress of Kilnsey crag. The first half of the route (it has two lower-offs) is called Full Tilt (F8b) and was first climbed by Nic Sellers. The extension was first climbed by Tony Mitchell. The route is a huge sweep of grey limestone taking the impressive wall left of the famous F8a+ Urgent Action.Having ticked pretty much everything on Yorkshire Limestone, Gaz is now re-locating to Spain to run his new business Epic Adventures, offering coaching and rock climbing holidays.Links:Gaz Parry Blog (Personal Account)Keith Sharples Blog (Excellent Photos)Epic AdventuresGaz Parry is sponsored byDMM ,Entre Prises ,Five Ten andNorth Face Diesen Artikel inkl. Bilder auf UKClimbing.com anschauen

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