Parisella’s Cave regular Chris Davies has climbed a brutal footless eliminate version of the second half of Lou Ferrino. If you fancy a pop at this powerful test piece then it starts on the finger rail; Chris reckoned it was worth V12/8a+.

Chris also climbed his own problem Crucial Times from a true sitting start. With the falling ground level in the cave this has by default become a crouching start. The sitting start bumps the grade to V12/8a+.

Also in the cave, another snippet for devotees: Andy Godber has climbed a kind of short circuit/direct version of Bust Lip which may possibly have been done before. It starts as for the normal problem, but then takes the small diagonal crimp on Lip Service with the right hand, pulling up to the crozzly golfball, before topping out as per normal past the large slopey diagonal hold. Lipped Out rates about V6/7a according to Andy.

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