Harnden rides The Bull: second ascent of bold route

Squamish’s Ben Harnden has made the second ascent of Jeremy Smith’s The Bull 5.14R.

Smith established Murrin Park’s The Bull in 2013, it became one of the area’s boldest leads. Watch a video of Smith nearing the top of the route, while trying to make the first ascent, and taking a big whip here.

Harnden has climbed some of Squamish’s hardest routes including the third ascent of Chris Sharma’s Dreamcatcher 5.14d. He has also added a number of his own hard routes such as The Locknar 5.13dR and the Gunslinger 5.13dR.

In July, Harnden climbed the V12/13 testpiece Black Magic.