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Caley conditions
December 14, 2007, 08:19:06 am
So, anyone been out there in the past couple of days?  If so, how green is it?

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#1 Re: Caley conditions
January 24, 2008, 11:08:27 pm
will this be ming the merciless at weekend given recent weather?

looks like some crushing has been going on, though it looks a bit ming:




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#2 Re: Caley conditions
January 25, 2008, 10:24:04 am
It's easy to dry the lower holds, but the topout can turn into a bit of a green death slab. However after yesterday and todays clear windy weather up here and the lack of rain forecast for tonight, I reckon you could be on.

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#3 Re: Caley conditions
January 25, 2008, 11:00:41 am
my bad. when i said 'this' i meant 'caley'. zoo york is more than a bit too hard really, awesome as it is.

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#4 Re: Caley conditions
January 25, 2008, 11:21:31 am
word

I'm going to go and have a look fairly early tomorrow morning so I can drop you a text if you want or just comment on here, whichever is easier.

I think there'll be a lot of the crispy green around rather than the soggy green, so it should be ok, always really hard to tell though at this time of year.

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#5 Re: Caley conditions
January 25, 2008, 02:46:07 pm
With all this wind going round I should imagine Caley would be dry, but climbing would be impossible due to a lack of heat and the fact that you'll get blown off.

(I love getting blown off at the crag  :-* )

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#6 Re: Caley conditions
February 05, 2008, 11:31:28 pm
anyone been last couple of days?  been dry by day but slinging it down overnight in hull.....same story for Caley? Worth it tomorrow?

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#7 Re: Caley conditions
February 06, 2008, 12:11:53 am
rained last night and this morning and is now tipping it down again (tues night).. not great for caley as it can stay green after rain..
forecast is good for weds though almscliff may be a better bet..

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#8 Re: Caley conditions
February 06, 2008, 06:35:53 pm
Drove past today and it looked proper bo.

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#9 Re: Caley conditions
February 07, 2008, 08:07:45 am
Cos of family stuff I've got nearly a full day at either Caley or Almscliff.
I'm being dropped off so its one or the other and without a car I can't take the risk that Caley will be too green. I quite fancy it tho as I've never climbed there  :-[ 
Would anyone who's passing mind posting what it looks like please so I can decide on Saturday am ?

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#10 Re: Caley conditions
February 08, 2008, 09:43:51 am
Spent yesterday evening at Almscliff & it was in great condition (as always). Sorry, didn't drop in on Caley to see how green it is.

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#11 Re: Caley conditions
February 10, 2008, 08:21:03 pm
Was a bit smeggy at Caley today, not too smeggy for me to do Horn left arete!

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#12 Re: Caley conditions
March 02, 2008, 12:05:13 pm
absolutely mint yesterday (and on weds).. all the wind is drying the rock out really quickly.. crag area was super grippy and clean..

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#13 Re: Caley conditions
March 02, 2008, 09:52:19 pm
is this



a different sequence? Ive always been using a crimp in the obvious horizontal seam which is just below the obvious next chalked hold on the arete.
« Last Edit: March 02, 2008, 09:58:51 pm by Control freak, Reason: posted instead of previewed »

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#14 Re: Caley conditions
March 02, 2008, 10:00:51 pm
I think the crimp you are on about is what is chalked, it's just not shown very well in that picture - there's only one hold thereabouts.

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#15 Re: Caley conditions
October 18, 2008, 08:46:39 pm
Sorry to dig up an old thread. Has anyone been to caley this weekend? I might pop in tomorrow but i'll be driving past Almscliffe so it would be annoying to have to drive back there before heading back to Sheffield.
Thanks

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#16 Re: Caley conditions
October 18, 2008, 08:48:56 pm
Sorry to dig up an old thread. Has anyone been to caley this weekend? I might pop in tomorrow but i'll be driving past Almscliffe so it would be annoying to have to drive back there before heading back to Sheffield.
Thanks

At a very rough but slightly educated guess, i would say don't bother. Judging my what Earl looked like on Friday.

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#17 Re: Caley conditions
October 18, 2008, 08:50:54 pm
I drove past yesterday and a lot of stuff looked damp and green.  Anything cleaner and out of the trees should be OK, but Almscliff may be a better bet. 

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#18 Re: Caley conditions
October 18, 2008, 09:26:02 pm
Paul, one of my friends went this morning and said most stuff was ok however it's v wet in Otley right now and if there's any more rain tonight it probably won't be worthwhile, especially for ben's groove/ zo york area.  Having said that it's only ten minute's drive back to the cliff. I reckon I'll pop up first thing for a look if it's not raining - you can get my mobile no. off Sausage if you want a report in the morning.

Tim

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#19 Re: Caley conditions
October 18, 2008, 10:14:53 pm
thanks for that, I might well do. TBH I haven't got much skin left after a monster day spent at Bowden and Kyloe in todays. It was Frrrrreezing but very worthwile.

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#20 Re: Caley conditions
October 19, 2008, 12:05:14 pm
Can we have this stickified please? Of all the grit crags its probably the most in need, with a good supply of locals to keep us up to date.

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#21 Re: Caley conditions
October 19, 2008, 04:16:38 pm
word to that.
There should be conditions request only thread.
scrap the buildering forum

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#22 Re: Caley conditions
October 19, 2008, 04:22:18 pm
word to that.
There should be conditions request only thread.
scrap the buildering forum

I messaged bubba about that this morning, would be very useful. Great minds!

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#23 Re: Caley conditions
October 19, 2008, 08:31:57 pm
For the record all climbable around Ben's Groove area by the end of today. Crystal method, New J dry too, didn't go to the crag end.  Still quite warm though.  The 'cliff was in mint nick in the classic 30mph wind way.

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#24 Re: Caley conditions
October 19, 2008, 09:34:21 pm
Saw your car, wondered where you'd be! Crag end was in relatively decent nick- Horn left arete felt an absolute piece of piss and ru almost campussed it! This problem is a good indication of conditions too, slopey n'all. Started to rain just at the end which was a shame.

 

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