18 July 2008

Pringle makes 2nd ascent of The Path, 8b+ trad

Ethan Pringle, who now seems to be back to full strength, has made the 2nd ascent of Sonnie Trotter's The Path, a trad 8b+ (or thereabout) at Lake Louise. Apparently, Ethan crushed the route, needing only two goes on top-rope before firing it on his first lead attempt. Sonnie caused much debate when he made the controversial decision to chop the bolts off an existing project and then made a clean ascent. You can read all about it on Sonnie's blog, which is very much worth reading even if you're not too interested in this particular issue.
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