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General Climbing Discussion

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Australia's first 9a(35) 3-Apr-2016 At 6:38:24 AM Dave J
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On 3/04/2016 ima.seriousyoungliza wrote:
>....Claw gets bragging-rights for cleaning up Janicpts BUT the 21 climbing
>level was already established by Ewbank.....PLUS ....Claw's effort was
>in 1974 ... 2 years after Valhalla and Kraken......AND..... Pieksta beat
>Claw & Java at grade 25 with Ostler ......So technically speaking ... Claws
>claim to fame with grading was solving the crux for Nic Taylor on Country
>Road ......and Mark Moorhead gets a big mention for giving Kim a run for his money @
>grade 28......and Alex gets a mention for casting a shadow over the Cossey
>bros @ grade 35 ...if anyone deserved the first grade 35 in Australia ,LeeC
>...it was you ...
>
in terms of difficulty (rather than grade given), Claw's 83 Slopin' Sleazin' was harder than either India and Masada. Moorhead and Claw were both years ahead of Kim at that point.

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