News Second ascent of Bombadil by Niky Ceria
Niccolò Ceria has made the second ascent of Dan Varian's 8B+ highball testpiece Bombadil at Christianbury Crag.
Dan is a prolific first ascensionist based out of Carlisle. He has developed many grade 8 problems in The Peak District, The Lakes, Yorkshire, Northumberland, and Scotland. He is well known for his hard highball bouldering and is a Director of Beastmaker.
Some of his highlights include 150+ grade 8 problems, including The Rail (8B+), Dandelion Mind (8B+), Bewilderness (8B+) and several repeats of hard trad routes in a ground-up style.
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