Ricky Bell: Freshly Baked

We have some hot news fresh from the oven!

Ricky Bell has just climbed a new hard trad route in Ireland.

Ricky's new route is called 'Freshly Baked' and rates in at E7 6b. The new route required time being spent over the last couple of weeks cleaing the line to ensure the line was clean, dry and ready to climb when conditions were right. This weekend gave excellent conditions and on Saturday Ricky made the first ascent of Freshly Baked at Fairhead in Ireland.



Uncontent with just one days good climbing, bags were packed once more and after an hour’s walk Ricky and co found finally arrived at the East Face of Lower Cove. Ricky had planned to look at a particular line on the crag but the route appeared wet and was not going to allow an ascent. Not put off Ricky then turned his attention to repeating a route his good friend Andy had put up the year before. The route named 'Easy Lover' gave easy climbing to start with but then lend into a very bold run out which only a small cam protected.

Ricky reported the route to an excellent line and confirmed the routes grade to be E7 6c. Good effort Ricky for getting two hard trad routes done in one weekend.

Thanks to Craig Hiller for supplying both images of Ricky on Freshly Baked.