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Austin Purdy, with three 8C+โ to his name, has repeated Drew Ruanaโs Distortion (8C+) in Mt Blue Sky. โI'm glad to finally be done with this cave. I thought this would go quickly after I did Insomniac, but it ended up taking 2 more years, more session than I spent trying everything else in the cave combined, and several falls at the end before I got it done. Even though Spatial Awareness isn't much different in difficulty than We Can Build You, the physical and resistant nature of the climbing on the end of this climb ended up being much harder for me to execute tired after climbing through the intro boulder than the technical 2nd half of Insomniac.โ
How many sessions in total an what made the trick in the end?
I think it was around 4 sessions 2 years ago after I did Insomniac (8C+) and then another 8 or so this year. I think the biggest difference in the end was trying it in good conditions. Most of the days I spent on the boulder were in the heat of summer.
How many sessions in total an what made the trick in the end?
I think it was around 4 sessions 2 years ago after I did Insomniac (8C+) and then another 8 or so this year. I think the biggest difference in the end was trying it in good conditions. Most of the days I spent on the boulder were in the heat of summer.
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