Well apparently the sevevth round of the BMC leading ladder is upon us, as I was busy route setting with a few other locals for the Beacon Climbing Centre’s leg of the competition. I was lucky as I got to set the 7a and 7b, and for once I hit the grade on the head (I say lucky as with hard routes the holds are tiny and easier to drag up the wall!). It is a little harder than you might think setting to a grade. Often I get asked to set an easy and hard route, giving some leeway in the grade. For competition though it is a far harder task of setting route of very specific difficulty, hopefully I have put up a couple of routes that will stand the test of time and the criticism of the hardcore at the wall.
I would like to think that I have done a good job, they seemed to climb well when we checked them anyway, this means that there are around 10+ new routes of across the grade for the BMC leading ladder, so if you fancy a journey across to pit yourself against them come on over. If not I am sure the locals wads will eat up the 7th grade routes.