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IMAGES OF BRITISH CRACK CLIMBING
THINK OF THE BEST CRACK CLIMBING AND IMAGES OF AMERICA’S DESERT SANDSTONE OR THE GRANITE OF SQUAMISH CHIEF IN CANADA SPRING TO MIND. BUT WHILST BRITAIN DOESN’T HAVE THE SHEER VOLUME OF INDIAN CREEK OR THE 12 PITCH JAM-FESTS OF THE CHIEF, IT DOES HAVE A SURPRISING NUMBER OF THREE STAR FISSURES FROM THE QUARRIES OF THE NORTH TO THE SEA CLIFFS OF CORNWALL. HERE, WE TAKE A WHIRLWIND TOUR OF THE BEST OF BRITISH CRACKS
FACING PAGE: Mike Hutton on many climbers’ first taste of a route where proper jamming technique is essential to success: The File (VS 4c) at Higgar Tor in the Peak District. THIS PAGE: Dan Parkes on the slate classic Comes the Dervish (E3 5c) in Vivian Quarry, Llanberis, North Wales.
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