Martin Holland setting off on the delicate slab on the second pitch of Hell Mend Ya (V,4) on The Brack during the first ascent. (Photo Ian Mcintosh)
On March 25, Martin Holland returned to The Brack with Ian Mcintosh and Steve Langton and straightened out the Abyss Variation that Martin had climbed earlier this season in January.
“We had the usual discussion about grade,” Martin told me. “It definitely felt bolder than any of the IVs I’d done in the area with some moves a fair way above warthogs, so hence the V,4 grade. It’s probably worthy of a star for the moves up onto and off the flake/pinnacle.”
