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#25 Re: WCJ Cornice Conditions....
May 21, 2008, 05:39:39 pm
I suspect we were forging brave new ground last night then, as the climbing was at least 8b, probably 9b and had no bolts in. so at least E26 then. Sonny trotter has already bought his train tickets.

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#26 Re: WCJ Cornice Conditions....
May 22, 2008, 11:40:20 am
Anyone up for an afternoon session down there tomorrow?

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#27 Re: WCJ Cornice Conditions....
July 22, 2008, 01:31:10 pm
In case anyone was curious I checked the crag out with Keith Sharples on Saturday (19th July). Ape Index, Yorkshire 8b and left dry but the rest of the crag ie the bits that count were drenched. Keith reckoned 2 weeks of dry weather required to get back into condition.

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#28 Re: WCJ Cornice Conditions....
July 22, 2008, 01:43:53 pm
The fixed draws all still in?

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#29 Re: WCJ Cornice Conditions....
July 22, 2008, 01:57:28 pm
In case anyone was curious I checked the crag out with Keith Sharples on Saturday (19th July). Ape Index, Yorkshire 8b and left dry but the rest of the crag ie the bits that count were drenched. Keith reckoned 2 weeks of dry weather required to get back into condition.

2 weeks! A week last Saturday it looked sodden on arrival, but both Free Monster and Rumble were climbed that day and you could see the crag drying before your eyes. Not disputing Keith's knowledge of the crag, but I bet it's dry quicker than that, especially with the warm weather forecast for this week.

P.S. Simon - are you just looking for excuses ;)
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#30 Re: WCJ Cornice Conditions....
July 22, 2008, 02:04:44 pm
Can someone go tonight please and find out?  ;)

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#31 Re: WCJ Cornice Conditions....
July 22, 2008, 02:09:46 pm

2 weeks! A week last Saturday it looked sodden on arrival, but both Free Monster and Rumble were climbed that day and you could see the crag drying before your eyes. Not disputing Keith's knowledge of the crag, but I bet it's dry quicker than that, especially with the warm weather forecast for this week.

There has been a lot of rain out there in the last week, as discussed on the Rubicon thread.

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#32 Re: WCJ Cornice Conditions....
July 22, 2008, 02:14:47 pm

2 weeks! A week last Saturday it looked sodden on arrival, but both Free Monster and Rumble were climbed that day and you could see the crag drying before your eyes. Not disputing Keith's knowledge of the crag, but I bet it's dry quicker than that, especially with the warm weather forecast for this week.

There has been a lot of rain out there in the last week, as discussed on the Rubicon thread.

OK, but the Tor is still boner and I'm sure someone was talking about the seepage pecularities of The Cornice WCJ and that it seemed to come through pretty quickly...

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#33 Re: WCJ Cornice Conditions....
July 22, 2008, 02:23:10 pm
yesterday - BD pretty dry, free monster bone, disillusioned had a wet hold in the middle, but otherwise dry.

Has anyone done dole 89?

Ben Pritch did it when we were there the other weekend. He found it 7b+ and pumpy, rather than powerful. Not really like the other Cornice routes. A worthwhile outing.

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#34 Re: WCJ Cornice Conditions....
July 22, 2008, 03:10:01 pm
Keith Sharples went to check it out last Sunday and said it was absolutely sodden and fully seeping. he thought it would be a month until it was OK again. He was not happy.

He's also probably climbed teher more than anybody so I think it's an accurate estimation.

Let's hope he's wrong.

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#35 Re: WCJ Cornice Conditions....
July 22, 2008, 03:12:16 pm
Saturday and Sunday, just to make sure?   ;)

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#36 Re: WCJ Cornice Conditions....
July 22, 2008, 03:56:49 pm
if its takes a month to dry, then how was it dry in the first place, given we've probably not had a week without rain this year so far? crazy shit.

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#37 Re: WCJ Cornice Conditions....
July 22, 2008, 04:03:11 pm
Time to get the crystal ball out again dave.

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#38 Re: WCJ Cornice Conditions....
July 22, 2008, 04:08:10 pm
my crystal ball says the cornice is shit. don't shoot the messenger.

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#39 Re: WCJ Cornice Conditions....
July 22, 2008, 04:18:28 pm
Standing under there on Sunday evening was like standing in a rain shower. continuous heavy dripping almost all the way along.

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#40 Re: WCJ Cornice Conditions....
July 30, 2008, 09:00:32 pm
Everything was damp tonight annoyingly.

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#41 Re: WCJ Cornice Conditions....
April 19, 2009, 07:38:52 pm
Looking fairly dry today. We did the Thatcher Years which was a bit dusty and Brachiation which was pretty much dry (I'm sure if you tried hard enough you could have found some wet holds but the holds used on the route were essentialy dry). Pulled a massive undercut off the top of Thatcher Years, which was pretty exciting! Free Monster looked OK but there were some major seepage systems in action in the centre of the crag.

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#42 Re: WCJ Cornice Conditions....
April 28, 2009, 12:29:25 pm
Went on Saturday and most stuff looked dry. People on Thatcher Years, Brachiation Dance, Albatrossity and The Weakling.
Pulled a massive undercut off the top of Thatcher Years, which was pretty exciting!

Was that on the lip of the top overlap? I saw an obvious looking scar there... I pulled off a big sidepull lower down, between the first and second bolts, but it doesn't make any difference.

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#43 Re: WCJ Cornice Conditions....
April 28, 2009, 09:50:53 pm
Pulled a massive undercut off the top of Thatcher Years, which was pretty exciting!
Was that on the lip of the top overlap? I saw an obvious looking scar there...

Yes, I was trying to make the top move easier but the undercut had obviously never been pulled on before in anger.... Makes no odds, it was not the way this move is normally done I don't think.

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#44 Re: WCJ Cornice Conditions....
May 10, 2009, 03:51:48 pm
Went and had a look this morning. Seepage across most of the crag from the recent rain unfortunately.

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#45 Re: WCJ Cornice Conditions....
May 26, 2009, 09:15:08 am
Crag was seeping on Sunday.

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#46 Re: WCJ Cornice Conditions....
June 10, 2009, 01:53:22 pm
Anyone been over the last week or so?
Thinking of paying a visit on Saturday/Sunday...  :-\

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#47 Re: WCJ Cornice Conditions....
June 15, 2009, 12:42:42 pm
The cornice was soaking wet and a sack of shit on sunday.

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#48 Re: WCJ Cornice Conditions....
June 25, 2009, 08:54:27 am
Pretty good last night. Wet hold/patch in middle of BD, but still climbable. Free monster in good nic. Those amazing sweeping roof things right again all ok, disillusioned - filthy dirt machine.

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#49 Re: WCJ Cornice Conditions....
June 26, 2009, 10:06:57 pm
Most stuff wet today, really wet. FM wet. As are the routes to the right with the insitu draws in. BD very wet too.

 

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