UKC

On Wednesday afternoon, Jim Pope and Joe Mullet both led The Zone, at Curbar Edge, in the Peak District.

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Good work lads!

Well done guys. And good to see that what was pretty challenging a quarter of a century ago hasn't yet become a walk in the park!

You must have done good John! Has anyone else done dr doolittle recently/ ever?

I've not heard of anyone doing it. It's a bit of a step up from The Zone, so I'd be surprised if an ascent has gone under the radar, but it's possible.

Well done Joe and Jim.

I'm not sure if I had watched the video before, possibly but before I lived quite close to Curbar. That's a young Rob "Mr UKC" Greenwood on belay!

I don't think I had realised that the Zone uses the arete of the Peapod for a number of moves (although its about 9 grades above my best so I haven't ever really considered it in depth!). I've done the Peapod some years back but can't remember - how far are you on the arete from the crack at the back of the pod? I was trying to work out if not putting a side runner in there is just an aesthetic/style decision or whether actually it would be very hard and tenuous to pull yourself further enough to the right to place a runner?

As far as I recall, Toby, it's completely out of the question as you're in the middle of the crux by then and it feels like a proper arete rather than one side of a crack.

I was just thinking the same, would love to see Jim or others get on dr