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| JonCrox | Chwys | 4 | Sep 23 2009, 6:10 PM EDT by JonCrox | ||
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Thread started: Sep 14 2009, 10:36 AM EDT
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I have looked at this line with the existing Trem guide in hand but can't make head or tail of where it goes. Is there a topo available? Which makes me wonder when the new guide is coming out (I gather one is in production).
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| Toreador11 | Sheer Khan Right-hand | 2 | Jun 29 2009, 9:57 PM EDT by DavidMed | ||
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Thread started: Apr 21 2008, 10:50 AM EDT
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Super little route - but I don't think the average VDiff leader would thank you for pointing them at this! We thought it about HS 4a (hard to protect the crux).
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| 5wombats | Thanks for cleaning those routes! | 2 | Sep 13 2007, 4:29 PM EDT by 5wombats | ||
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Thread started: Jun 29 2007, 3:35 PM EDT
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Don't ask me how I got here - but that's the Internet for you ! You won't know me as 5wombats but I'm the guy who did the first ascents of Gwead & Dagrau - Martin Roberts. These were put up in the early 80's (1984 ?) Gwead in particular took a lot of gardening especially at the bottom. Me and 'Crag' Jones did the work and we invited another guy along just to make sure that the route would become popular. Anyway - I'm delighted to see that the route now sports 2 stars - I don't remember it being that good!. I seem to remember soloing it in trainers once, but I was fit in those days. As for Dagrau - my welsh friend Crag told me that Chwys meant "sweat" (I think!) so I thought we'd better have "Blood", "Sweat" and "Tears" to complete the sequence. Can't remember which is which now. Anyway Dagrau was a solo project for me and took one heck of a clean at the top and bottom. In those days it was right in the boonies but the groove took my eye one day when I was exploring and thought I could make a route out of it. Abseil off is a good idea. Amazed this sports 2 stars - but if it was clean and open the rock is perfect, unlike some of the other Trem "classics".
WELL DONE & THANKS to you guys - whoever you are for keeping these routes open. They aren't mega classics but one day when my 4 year old grows up and asks me what else I did when I was at University I can take him to Trem and show him. Martin Roberts |
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