Lake District Area: Kaizen Defunct?

The recent demise of the crucial footblock below the Woodwell test piece Kaizen appears to have left, what was one of the first British 8b+'s, defunct and out of action until the block can be repaired. The block was apparently damaged when Welsh strong man Chris Davies, who was working the line, pulled a bit to hard on the foot cam and managed to lever the block out. Cloning Technology (8a+) has not seen a repeat since the the blocks demise although the crucial section of climbing has been climbed and does not seem to be to much harder.

Northumberland: Earl Sends More Highball Hardness

Andy Earl has added a classic new highball problem in the remote Northumberland hills, this time at Ravensheugh Crag. Andy and Chris Graham had spent 3 days attempting the outrageous prow left of The Plumber on the right side of the crag. On the 18th Andy, grabbed the first ascent followed by Chris, to give The Magician (E7 7a or Font8a highball).

There is more info here - http://www.northumberlandbouldering.co.uk/

And a video clip courtesy of Andy's Blog below...

Lake District Area: 8b's Repeated and Filmed

The clips below show Gaz Parry in action repeating two of the hardest problems on South Lakes Limestone - Anesthesia Font8b and Isla De Encanta also Font8b.