Solomon Kemball FA’s The Trident (8C+)

Solomon Kemball, who last year sent his first 8C+, has done the first ascent of The Trident (8C+) Trewethet . ”Hardest bit of rock I have climbed so far. At my favourite location.”
Can you tell us more about the FA and the process behind?
So I was tipped off about the spot I think 3 or 4 years ago. And when I first walked down this was the line I saw. The first boulder I added to the board was the stand start too The trident which is this one massive move at 8A+. The following year I couldn’t repeat the move but was figuring out the bottom section more reliably so I bailed out right too a jug and this is Poseidon's Wraith (8C).

Last year I came back to The Board and tried to do the original exit and the original line from the ground but couldn’t find my way up it that season. This summer I managed to make really quick progress repeating the sit section in the first 3 sessions. This section I would say is a 3 move 8C as the exit for Poseidons is so reliable that all the grade is in these 3 moves.

I have then spent an extra 6-8 sessions this summer trying to do this one big 8A+ move after that 8C section getting through it at least once or twice each session.

Can you tell us more about the location?
So the place in which The Board lies is on the coast of Cornwall on top of a flat wave cut platform. It has too be one of my favourite places to go even just for a swim. You can swim out too a little island just off the coast and do some cliff jumping if you fancy it.

To reach the crag you walk through a few fields too the coast path which you then go straight over and down a steep grassy bank which turns into the top of a cliff that you have to skirt round before going hand over hand on a rope down a slab. 15 to 20 minutes, not too long just steep.

Did you mainly go there by yourself?
Normally I would be going down there by myself but this year a local mate has got psyched on Poseidon's Wraith (8C) so have been having sessions with him down there, which has been a nice change than the usual solitary.