3 June 2017
8B flash by Nathan Phillips
Nathan Phillips, #14 in the Boulder WC in Nanjing this year, has done his first 8B flash, Ropes of Maui in Llanberis Pass/North Wales. Here is the uncut video.
"I had planned to give this boulder a good flash attempt. We got up at 5am to drive to North Wales and I watched a few videos of the climb when I woke up. I tried to focus on all the foot placements as much as I could.
When I got there I could remember most of it, but as it's quite a long boulder I had to improvise on some of the foot placements. When I climbed it I did everything exactly how I had planned and it worked out somehow!
I don't normally focus too much on flashing stuff but occasionally I like to put the pressure on. My previous hardest flash was Jacks Broken Heart 8A+ in Magic Wood." (c) Eddie Fowke
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