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The greatest unfinished problems in Victoria 9-Feb-2007 At 10:11:11 AM WM

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On 8/02/2007 kieranl wrote:
>The wall (below) Backless/Coming Up for Air belay is probably just past vertical

Correct - over 25m it overhangs by no more than half a metre. I have to agree with you that it's one of the most beautiful pieces of unclimbed granite around.

The beautiful airy square cut arete higher on the same face (right of backless) also deserves a mention here. It overhangs by the same small amount on it's right side and is about vertical on it's left side. As James pointed out in the Pic of the Week it has been looked at and not done by some hard men (and me too) but it would definitely go IMO (at a high grade!). It's what I imagine from the description of tommy caldwell's 5.14a "sarchasm" in colorado - pinch the arete when the holds run out.