Robbie Phillips Sends Urban Splitter Hand Crack
To protect the crack, he placed a lot of hexes
Robbie Phillips makes the first ascent of a splitter hand crack that he found under a bridge in Edinburgh, Scotland. “Who needs Indian Creek or Joshua Tree when you have first ascents like this hiding in the city?” he said.
To protect the 5.12-ish roof crack, Phillips had to use hexes because the reverse tapper of the crack forced cams to walk. This looks like one of the coolest urban cracks ever climbed.
Urban Splitter
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