[kingholmesy]

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Did The Long Run at North Stack today

Nice.  Next stop the Cad then?

[Teaboy]

Nice one Fiend, BIG tick. Tell us the details, how serious?

[Fultonius]

How did you manage to get your lard ass up that one    Good work Matt.

[Fiend]

Cos it's a slab, buttbreath.

I didn't find it that hard, mostly because the route suited me perfectly - just off vertical, continously tricky but positive moves in between good rests, with fiddly but adequate gear. Conditions were perfect and it was unchalked until the end where someone had done The Clown.

I just loved it, it was like being in a dream where everything is exactly how it's supposed to be, with the climb and my climbing. And yes, there WAS a seal watching. No seal, no Gogarth tick.

Serious? Well there is clearly bomber gear at 8m and then again at 30m.... In between it requires some hunting and fiddling and occasionally running it out. Not too serious if you get it right.

Funny how people often highlight the next big challenge. I hadn't really thought about that. Although, I did do Crimson Cruiser in the Moelwyns today, and that was also fantastic. Quite easy and with the best finish in the history of climbing!!



P.S. Forgot to mention that it was pretty interesting for me to get on something that I hadn't really considered before. Most inspirations I have for years or decades (CC I wanted to do since the photo in the old crimson-spined Tremadog guide!)....The Long Run I had been inspired by for a mere week, which added to the mystery I guess.

[Adam Lincoln]

Did The Long Run at North Stack today - one of the best climbing experiences of my life. Not the hardest route I've done recently, but it was everything I hoped it would be, utterly engrossing and thrilling

Felt pretty hard to me.... good effort.

[Fiend]

You're too strong though . Being fat and weak means most of the weight was on my feet...

[SA Chris]

Good work Matt on both routes. That photo of CC always inspired me too. I just never did it.

[duncan]

 Well done Fiend.

Two scortching hot days at Wendenstock, Sonnenkoenig and Spasspartout climbed. Tough, sand-bag grades, scary, sketchy approach, brilliant. Everything I'd hoped for.

Now peeing with rain.

[kelvin]

 Everything I'd hoped for.

 

Saw some of the pics on Facebook this morning. Nice work Duncan.

[Fultonius]

Nice one Dunc, on the list now haha!

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[iain]

Good effort fiend!

Two scortching hot days at Wendenstock, Sonnenkoenig and Spasspartout climbed. Tough, sand-bag grades, scary, sketchy approach, brilliant. Everything I'd hoped for.

Nice one, any chance you could put your FB photos somewhere us social recluses can see them 

[Fiend]

Nice one Duncan. Explain the sketchiness.....the photos look quite civilised? Well, sunny at least.

[nik at work]

Did The Long Run at North Stack today - one of the best climbing experiences of my life. Not the hardest route I've done recently, but it was everything I hoped it would be, utterly engrossing and thrilling

Just clocked this. Nice one monster 

[lagerstarfish]

Explain the sketchiness.....the photos look quite civilised?

do you get the camera out when things are sketchy?

[duncan]

Explain the sketchiness.....the photos look quite civilised?

do you get the camera out when things are sketchy?

 

The approach to Vorbau for Spasspartout was no worse than a giant-sized (Cloggy) Eastern Terrace. The Pfaffenhut approach, for Sonnenkoenig, was reminiscent of getting down to obscure parts of the culm coast, on a much larger scale of course. Steep grass and not much solid to hold on to. After a week of good weather it wasn't so bad, any damp underfoot would have made it quite serious.

Andy or I will put together a few photos and notes on climbing at Wendenstock when we get back. It's a challenging place to go rock climbing but the routes look amazing.

 

[T_B]

I heard a story of a certain Alpinist nearly coming to grief on one of the approaches to Wenden. Slipped on the grass and almost went the full distance but landed cat like a few metres below on the slope. It scared me so much I took an axe with me when I went. We retreated from Caminando in a storm. Lots of stonefall... serious place!

http://www.ukclimbing.com/images/dbpage.html?id=17458

[tomtom]

Jericho Road \o/

[andy_e]

Well done beast! Didn't you mean to post that in the "Finally, Finally, Fucking Finally" thread?

[tomtom]

Well done beast! Didn't you mean to post that in the "Finally, Finally, Fucking Finally" thread?

That's for Shark to start

[nai]

Jericho Road \o/

Found the way at last, well done

[a dense loner]

Thank god 

[tomtom]

Thank god 

+1

[andy popp]

Jericho Road \o/

Do some bloody work!

[Falling Down]

Jericho Road \o/

Well done Tom. 

[lagerstarfish]

Two week family Font trip booked for Easter

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