The past few weeks in the UK have seen a veritable glut of hard ascents with some long-neglected routes finally getting their first repeats. Young gun Ellis Butler-Barker kicked off the action by making the second ascent of Ken Palmer's 'Brian' (8c+/5.14c) at Anstey's Cove, Devon. A short time later, James Mchaffie made the third ascent of 'Megalopa,' also 8c+, at Lower Pen Trwyn in North Wales. However, he wasn't done yet and shortly after he teamed up with Pete Robins to make the long-awaited first repeat of the Johnny Dawes slate route 'Coeur de Lion' (E8 7a). Johnny has been back in the news recently after a video from Wayne Sharrocks (www.waynesharrocks.com) showing him climbing no-handed at Stanage Plantation got a lot of attention on social media. From short trad to big alpine and our interview Piolets D'Or Award winner Aleš Česen.<br />Thanks very much to Tom Wright for the use of the footage of Ellis on 'Brian.' To see more from him, you can check out his Youtube channel here: httpss://www.youtube.com/user/Climbinginpajamas <br /><br />Hard UK Routes See Their First Ever Repeats | EpicTV Climbing Daily, Ep.487
