This week's Friday Night Video features 30-foot runouts in less than ideal conditions as Hazel Findlay attempts 'Muy Caliente!' (E10 6c) (E9 6c) at Stennis Ford in Pembroke.
The route - featuring a 'very spicy' 9 metre runout - was first climbed by Tim Emmett in 2010 who graded it E10 7a. Consensus has since settled at around E9 6c.
Hazel added Muy Caliente! to a long list of hard trad ascents around the world: Once Upon a Time in the Southwest (E9 6c), Chicama (E9 6c), Tainted Love (5.13d R, 8b+/E9), Magic Line (5.14c R/8c+/E10) and Mission Impossible (E9 7a), alongside significant big wall repeats and sport ascents up to 9a.
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Return to Latest NewsHazel Findlay has been climbing for 25 of her 31 years, and started out trad climbing on the limestone sea cliffs of Pembrokeshire. She dabbled in competition climbing - she was the British junior champion six...
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A fabulous little film! Just wondering why she didn't clip the thread at the start of the upper run out.
Excellent. Great climbing with such control and precision. I wonder why she didn’t replace the old threads?
In the article on here after her ascent, I think she said something along the lines that the cams were really good and the thread was only round a small bit of rock, so she didn't bother clipping it.
BRB, need to dry my palms.