ROCK CLIMBING NEWS ITEM

First Person to Scale the Hardest Rock Climb

TUESDAY, 17 OCTOBER 2006

A short film entitled E11 which offer a unique and unsettling insight into the lives of committed climbers is being release this month. The movie recognizes Dave MacLeod's endeavors to reach the top of Rhapsody.

Last April 20, it took only ten minutes for the twenty-eight year old, Macleod to become the first person to scale the hardest rock climb in the world - Dumbarton Rock in Scotland. It is the first route to be rated E11 which is an extreme grade in climbing vernacular.

The leading Scottish climber spent 70 days at the rock face repeatedly climbing sections of the extreme rated 130 feet ascent. Rhapsody is officially known as the world's hardest traditional rock climb.

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