Too Tall to Fall: Miles Adamson opens highball in Bishop

On January 1, 2020, Canadian Miles Adamson successfully climbed the Too Tall to Fall (7c +) line at the famous Grandma Peabody block in the Bishop bouldering area.

Most of the new line on Grandma Peabody runs along the Toprope route Tiers of Uncertainty (5.14) before it turns left.

On the left (red) the new highball boulder Too Big to Fall. On the right (blue) the Toprope route Tiers of Uncertainty. (Photo Choss Media)

“I hope Dan Beall's top rope route will be climbed as a boulder one day. Until then, my first ascent is a cool line that is comparable to Too Big to Flail! "

Miles Adamson on his first ascent in Bishop

Video of the Too Tall to Fall ascent

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