Really cool. These slopes are something I've never seen on fortresses before.
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It looks like a skilled rock climber could scale that wall easily
Probably harder to do when there are people at the top who are mad at you.
Yea, but a hell of a lot easier than scaling a straight vertical wall
Makes it easier for an archer to shoot at you from the top while staying protected.
I'll allow it
An unskilled rock climber could scale that wall easily. Heck, a 6th grader with no training, and no gear could. But it's a different story when hot oil, arrows, and rocks are being dumped upon you.
It's like a V2 at worst
For trad it looks like it's 5.1-5.4. Possibly a 5.5-5.6 depending on how steep it actually is when beneath it, and how large the mortise gaps are. But if you look at the tower in the foreground, you can see that they were considerate enough to put handholds every 5 or so vertical feet.
lol I wouldn’t say a 6th grader with no gear could climb that.
Have you ever seen a kid climb a tree, or a jungle gym? They're like little monkeys!
I bet if enough tried, they could do it by climbing the dead sixth grader staircase. And then you'd technically be wrong.
It’s all part of FOX’s Must See TV Thursday night game show Are You Deader Than A Sixth Grader.
This looks like a surreal euro graphic novel
This looks surreal.
They just don't build fortresses like this any more.
I assume there's a reason the walls slope so... climably?
Thicc fortress