12 April 2018
8c+ RP and 8b (+) flash by Zander Waller (14)
Zander Waller has on his seventh try done his second 8c+, Southern Smoke in Red River Gorge. The day before he flashed Omaha Beach giving it a personal 8b grade.
"Well, I wasn't quite sure I would send Southern Smoke as I wasn't getting very close on it, but the first time I stuck the last move of the crux from the ground, I managed to take it to the top. In fact, Connor did it second try; it was one of the most impressive things I have ever seen! (That truly unique story will be followed up).
As for Omaha Beach, my friend found some new beta on the beach crux section, and it ended up feeling much easier than a majority of the 8b's I have done."
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