[Monolith]

Finally got into this concept over the last week and it's been amazing. One at Pex and the other at Frodsham tonight. Are others out there getting involved? Conditions have been immense. A 15 quid lantern quickly pays for a few wall sessions eh. Come on, do it!

[Carnage]

I love the lantern sessions - Its the only way to go here in Summer when you can get a reasonable temperature after dark. A good lantern with a long tube extension putting the light at about shoulder height makes the job easier, coupled with a lighweight LED headtorch.

[Monolith]

Feeling the LED combo. It's just so good when you're out with a good vibe and team knowing darkness is no obstacle.

[neil h]

what you need is a reflective mirror box to go round the latern, no casting shadows




Its the way forward, the boys here the other week had some 50watt halogens attached to a small battery, worked a treat

[Jim]

been thinking about doing this this week. Anyone got some good beta for laterns (ie make, model, where to buy etc...)

[Monolith]

Rich picked one up for 15 quid from Millett's. For an extra fiver, you can get one with an ignition button and carry case (I think was also included). Standard Colemans affair. I think the one with the ignition migth have been limited to using a fixed size of canister whereas the conventional model wasn't.

Neil, is the reflective mirror box a homemade joint or is that something that would be recognised if i tried to buy one in your standard army and navy shop?

[Carnage]

I don't where you can get them in England but I'd just get the biggest gas lantern head you can. I think my bottle size is 4.5kg which is pretty managable.

The extensions are great though and spread the light better-  look like this:



Steak cooking apparatus is optional.

[Jim]

Was frodsham dry this evening? Would of been keen to come down, its not far from mine at all at haven't been in ages

[Oli]

That lantern stand looks quite nifty really.

I reckon the barbeque could be considered essential too...

[philo]

yeah looks good,
i guess it gets very cold at night too?
good for conditions i guess!
we are planning one soon (northumberlandddddd), but its a bit of a who will we piss off if we do it?
i mean bowden would be alright i think, and a nice kyloe night session would be alright,
shaftoe? might annoy the farmer or the row of houses.
anyone tried it up here?

[Monolith]

Jim-Breck and Frodsham was bone dry and friction ace. Have designs on next week if you're keen.

[fashionguru]

Hi Guys,

Glad to hear your getting out mono, hows all the injuries?

As regards the lanterns!!

I bought 2 for under £4 from No Frills DIY (one in sheff) and they run off parafin. Put some silver foil round the back of them it does the same job as a mirror.

Hope you all enjoy your eve bouldering

T

[Richie Crouch]

It's been very good! The Breck hasn't been chanced by lamplight as of yet, probably not a wise idea, but Pex and Frodsham have been in great condition. I'm looking forward to having a few rest days before next weeks lamplighting begins.

[Ged]

Up here, when you have to contend with the Berghaus Wall in Newcastle, we spend a lot of evenings up at the Woods in the dark...

http://www.malhamba.com/photos/added/europe/uk/northumberland/kyloe_in_the_woods/136#pageHeader

Apart from the odd experiment with parafin, we found that those high powered bike lights (rechargeable ones) plus a headtorch each works fine.  It helps when you already sort of know the problems, but all my best ticks there have been at night time.

[Monolith]

Glad to hear your getting out mono, hows all the injuries?

Not bad ta. Nice when you can't remember the last injury you sustained anyway.

Ged - Kyloe by night looks an incredible place, nice photo.

[Ged]

my mate once swore he saw a pair of red eyes peering out at him from the Crack Of Gloom.  Riddled with Witches and Goblins that place, but a pretty brilliant winter training venue.

[SteveM]

Loving the lantern idea, have previously played out at Almscliff & Caley with just headtorches and always needed at least one extra to mark the LZ. And it always feels highball in the dark.

Off to the camping store at the weekend...

[richieb]

Theres a thriving lantern scene up here too.
I picked up a rechargeable 6volt jobby in B&Q for a tenner. Car charger included which is handy. Its got a remote control too which isnt..
This is from a session last week at the Scatwell boulder near Inverness.



 

[philo]

my mate once swore he saw a pair of red eyes peering out at him from the Crack Of Gloom.  Riddled with Witches and Goblins that place, but a pretty brilliant winter training venue.

ged? who was at bowden a few weeks ago? transformer left hand?
if so give me a bell next time you go up at night.

[hongkongstuey]

seemed a popular concept in Squamish too - with people cranking out hard stuff well into the night (think the best managed whilst i was there was about 6 lanterns on the go at the same boulder...)

[Drew]

Loving the pics! 

Surely they're all in the wrong thread though. Sure there's some lanterns in 'em, but they should be in the Qulaity bouldering piccies thread for sure!

[SA Chris]

, we found that those high powered bike lights (rechargeable ones) plus a headtorch each works fine.  

I've got some bike lights, might give them a try. Any tips for mounting? Best I can think of is use my camera tripod.

[fatdoc]

i'm gonna try out my bike lights...

720 lumens!!! - not far off most car headlights!!

was just gonna gaffer tape onto a tripod... my lights are LED (www.exposurelights.com) so dont get hot.. HIDs will get too hot as they're designed to burn on a moving bike. The really powerful bike lights are too expensive for the odd bouldering jaunt.. but if you've get em i reckon they'll be great!

[Carnage]

Heres a couple of nice lantern shots from a while back:

Simon Sirrotti on Dentalectomy V4



Matt Adams sticking the dyno on Penis Cling V8 (as seen on the Frequent Flyers vid)

[lagerstarfish]

This thread has inspired me to try a bit of after dark bouldering sometime soon.

Did a quick search on youtube for "night bouldering" and came up with a few results.

Liked this from lebrof (and a couple of others from them)