Steve McClure climbs E10: Choronzon, Pembroke

Choronzon at Pembroke in Wales takes a swaggering line up an intimidating overhanging wall. If bolted, it would weigh in at a pumpy 8b+. But it’s not: you have to fiddle your own gear in, giving it the huge trad grade of E10 7a, and making it one of the hardest trad routes in the UK.

In this film (originally on BMC TV), Steve McClure makes the second ascent in July 2015. Read more here: https://www.thebmc.co.uk/pembroke-dem...

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