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\nScottish climber Dave MacLeod has made a quick ascent of Conquistador Direct 8B\/+ in Chironico\u00a0-Switzerland.\u00a0
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\n\u201cI\u2019m settling well into Switzerland, sharing our flat with various friends and visiting the boulders. The first week of my trip was spent in Chrionico which was unfortunately a little warm for hard stuff, and rainy too, but still good fun. I was speaking in Lecco also which was a great evening, if a little stressful with my words being translated sentence by sentence. I think it worked ok for the 500+ audience who turned out!
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\nI spent a couple of sessions trying From the Dirt Grows the Flowers 8C which was excellent. I got the moves but it was far too warm in the sun for the famously slopey top out. I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll come back to this one sometime. Rounded topouts are a huge weakness of mine which although I don\u2019t enjoy them so much I\u2019d like to improve at them. In between trying this I went across the river and made a quick ascent of Conquistador Direct 8B\/+ which was recently put up and the video of it looked excellent. I made my own video above.
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\nIt was just as good as it looked although I did have a grumble to myself about the heat making in hard to squeeze the pinches. It\u2019s really made me realise how lucky we are in Scotland with frequent good conditions thanks to the almost permanent wind! When I was climbing Conquistador Direct it was about 14 degrees and humid after the rain but completely still. It\u2019s often 14-16 degrees in the highland glens right through the summer, but with a good wind it\u2019s much easier to stick to the holds. The rain, however, does present a problem\u2026occasionally.\u201d
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\nSources: Blog Dave McLeod – UKC
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