This post is a case in point that two problems of the same grade can be very different, once you've mastered one V2, it doesn't mean they will all be a walk in the park. These videos were taken almost two months apart, and if anything, I found the most recent one the most difficult.
The first video is from a V2 in The Ballroom, Coventry. The holds are very slopey, and the wall itself is on a positive slant, meaning that if you slip you will hit everything on the way down. Sending it involves some different skills to the second V2. The grade was decided by a different person. This one took a few hours and a lot of stretching to get.
This second V2, in the bouldering room at Warwick University, is spread across two panels and involves an overhang. In this one there are some nice jug holds, and some less friendly one that are more like edges. Smearing (pressing your foot against the wall and moving it up, rather than using a hold), and flagging (using my free leg out to the side, with the instep of my foot against the wall) were crucial moves for me to make the finish. This one took me a good few days to finish.
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