Success on Pharilapha for Bracey and Bullock

© Jon Bracey
Jon Bracey and Nick Bullock have climbed a new route on the north face or Pharilapcha (5977m), Nepal. 'Snotty's Gully' 1000m, graded ED+, WI 5, M5+ (Scottish 6), takes a truly spectacular line up a steep ice couloir in the back of a deep cleft going straight to the previously unclimbed west summit of Pharilapcha. Jon commented "Nick doesn't believe in acclimatisation so WI 5 felt surprisingly hard at nearly 6000m with a rucksack on!" The route is named in memory of the late Sue Nott who disappeared on the summit of Mt Foraker, Alaska with Karen McNeill after climbing the Infinite Spur back in May.

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30 Oct, 2006
Nick sent me the route description. http://www.thetowerclimbingcentre.co.uk/portal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=159&Itemid=2 He will also be doing a slide show at the BMC Midlands Area Meeting on the 21st Nov for anyone interested.
30 Oct, 2006
Well done to them, dont know Jon, but how good (and modest) is Nick throughout the whole range of climbing, hardly anybody knows his name, though I guess that might have changed lately. A really nice guy too.
30 Oct, 2006
I think people are getting to know him a bit better. The slides he will be showing will be fantastic, he sent me through some for a poster I was creating for the Area meeting doing The Bells! The Bells!, awesome!
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