James Mchaffie

Onsighting Isis is Angry, on Yellow Walls, Gogarth

I've been climbing for 15 years doing mainly UK trad stuff onsighting lots of routes up to e7 and flashed up to e8.

I started in the lakes and have repeated alot of the classics there and put up lots of new routes in that area and used to do a great deal of soloing but have done substantially less the last few years.

I really like slate climbing and have put up 2 8bs in the Dinorwic slate quarry and managed the 3rd ascent of 'the very big and the very small' the hardest sports slab in the UK.

The last couple of years I've been doing alot more sports climbing and have climbed 8c and onsighted 8a+. One of the highlights of the last few years was making the 3rd ascent of the Voie Petit route on the Grand Cap with Ben Bransby and Adam Long in 2009 which was rated as one of the hardest high altitude free climbs in the world at that time and had some ace pitches on it.

Looking forwrd to a trip to Yosemite in october and hoping to free a couple of the big ones on el cap (fingers crossed).

JAMES MCHAFFIE REPEATS

THE BIG BANG - 9A

JAMES MCHAFFIE MORE HARD SPORT AND E8 ONSIGHT

On the crux pitch of the Voie petit route on the Grand capucin in the alps

(piccy taken by Adam long)