Rock Climber Makes His 100th First Ascent - Gripped Magazine

Rock Climber Makes His 100th First Ascent - Gripped Magazine

British climber Jim Pope has made his 100th first ascent with his send of Cloud Gate at Cratcliffe Tor. “I named it Cloud Gate after the reflective bean shaped sculpture in Chicago. It’s such a nice piece of rock it really is like a sculpture, and it’s hard to do it justice without standing beneath.” Pope is one of the U.K.’s best all-round climbers with several E9 first ascents, such as Polar Front and Kinder Scout, and several hard repeats to …