It was back in 2007 I first tried ‘Homegrown’ F8a+ up at The Remnant, It contains some very powerful climbing on undercuts with an extremely drop-able move at the top. Unsurprisingly, this is where I fell off back then.
Attempting ‘Homegrown’ in 2007.
I went back up their yesterday with Bungle and Jason, we all had our projects to work on. Jason on “It’s a Kind of Magic’ F7a+/b, Bungle on ‘Everyday Lives…’ F7c and me back on ‘Homegrown’ F8a+ after 4 years. There were a few light misty showers in the air but luckily The Remnant stays pretty dry. On my first RP attempt I managed to power my through to the undercut rest just below the drop-able move on the head-wall. I rested for as long as I could, pulled up into the groove and funnily enough couldn’t latch the crucial intermediate crimp. Exactly the same point I fell from back in 2007!! One move away from finally doing the route.
We left The Remnant with our tails between our legs and a combined success rate of zero! Nevertheless I’m happy to have even got that far on it again and if the weather holds out long enough hopefully it will go soon.
Matt Cox 