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Tim Blake has climbed an infamous traverse line project on the Smackhead boulder at Gallt yr Ogof in Dyffryn Ogwen. Ramped Up (8B) starts as per The Ramp but follows the thin break line rightwards past Smackhead to finish up Hat Aręte.

The crux cross through is particularly heinous, as Tim explained after the ascent:

”It was really good fun actually, but the rose move was pretty mental when I did it. Felt as though I was going to fall off the whole way through the move on the go! Went with 8B but felt pretty hard to me, it’ll likely depend on how flexible peoples shoulders are to be able to reach though of the tiny crimp.”

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