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Posted On: October 14th 2026, 07:32 pm
I’ve been back on Rainbow Slab, holding onto some very small things.

I’m pretty blown away by how hard I’ve found this route. I keep learning and re-learning lessons about shoe rubber, movement, skin and most of all tension, but I’m still not quite up to the task.

This isn’t the hardest route I’ve climbed, it’s not even the hardest slate slab I’ve climbed, so it’s humbling – and inspiring – how much there is to learn. I’ve just got to keep turning up with more curiosity 🙂

Thanks @butel.mountaineering for being a mega supportive partner, and @llanberisresoles and @scarpa_uk for the essential shoecraft.

The Very Big and the Very Small 8b+/c 🌈

@rab.equipment @dmm_climbing @rab.equipment.uk
Comments (16)
bertnieternie 9 days ago

bertnieternie

So, is the scarpa blackbird the ultimate slab shoe then? Better than a boostic?

jake.r.lewis 19 days ago

jake.r.lewis

8B+ slab is sick. And what a run out ?! Was this the days of bolting but make it scary

jethro_kiernan 20 days ago

jethro_kiernan

Give me a shout 📷📷 🧗‍♀️back on the 28th

sonicgaz 20 days ago

sonicgaz

Who did the first acsent ? 😊

sonnietrotter 20 days ago

sonnietrotter

Good stuff 🤙🤙

that_bearded_climber 20 days ago

that_bearded_climber

I remember looking at the holds when I abbed in to look at poetry, bloody tiny!

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