Malcolm Smith polished off another 8B with the 3rd ascent of Eight Ball at Gardoms Edge this week. First thing Monday morning – while most of us are trawling our inboxes – Malc was rising early for optimum conditions on the grit. It took him ten visits in all to add this desperate problem to his impressive tally. News courtesy of UK Climbing






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