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#675 Re: Kilnsey conditions
May 22, 2013, 10:02:13 am
Just posted this on Facebook:

Was there yesterday. Would say that most routes had some wetness and it was horribly humid. Starting at the left end. The left side of main overhang - most routes had wet streaks. The right side of main overhang - looked dry-er Stick Wick, Ashes, 50 for 5 probably/possibly ok. Comedy bit probably OK but left sidewall wet. Pressume bulge etc was wet but didn't look. Witches Brew through to Optional Extra blah blah, some dryness and some routes prob OK but didn't look that closely, the overlap of China Crisis, My Hyde etc was definitely wet. Every route from Biological to the right end of the crag had wet holds. On the positive the wet streaks were shorter than last Thursday so it is drying back a bit, just slowly.

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#676 Re: Kilnsey conditions
May 25, 2013, 03:56:02 pm
any improvement?

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#677 Re: Kilnsey conditions
May 25, 2013, 07:36:44 pm
Which routes? Generally OK today, odd wet bits here and there.

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#678 Re: Kilnsey conditions
June 05, 2013, 12:42:11 pm
Everything bone dry Sunday - long may it last!  :)

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#679 Re: Kilnsey conditions
June 14, 2013, 01:52:11 pm
Has anyone been to north buttress in the last couple of days?

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#680 Re: Kilnsey conditions
June 14, 2013, 02:26:31 pm
Still mostly dry. The pockets on Full Tilt were starting to seep a bit - an issue if Full Tilt's your limit, probably a minor inconvenience if you're trying True North.

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#681 Re: Kilnsey conditions
June 14, 2013, 02:44:36 pm
Take something to deter the midges!

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#682 Re: Kilnsey conditions
June 14, 2013, 09:03:36 pm
any updates from today would be much appreciated! cheers.

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#683 Re: Kilnsey conditions
June 15, 2013, 07:36:35 pm
Everything dry afaik, even true north which got crushed by Jon Freeman   :thumbsup:

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#684 Re: Kilnsey conditions
June 21, 2013, 10:07:11 am
Does anyone know if the dihedral wall area is likely to be dry in the rain/suffer much seepage after all of the crap weather?
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#685 Re: Kilnsey conditions
June 21, 2013, 12:31:49 pm
the weather hasn't been that bad i suspect its dry as it has been dry for so long. but you might want to wait for a more accurate report as i haven't been for a few days, you might want to get yourself a midge net though as they have been quite bad in this still humid air.

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#686 Re: Kilnsey conditions
June 21, 2013, 12:48:58 pm
All totally fine yesterday. And no rain all day when we were there.

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#687 Re: Kilnsey conditions
June 21, 2013, 12:54:26 pm
Cheers chaps.

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#688 Re: Kilnsey conditions
July 05, 2013, 12:49:18 pm
Still completely bone yesterday evening despite the rain in the first half of the week

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#689 Re: Kilnsey conditions
July 23, 2013, 07:37:58 am
Was planning to head to Kilnsey for the first time today and typically the weather seems to of turned! Will it stay dry in this misty damp weather, or is it a wasted trip? Cheers

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#690 Re: Kilnsey conditions
July 23, 2013, 09:10:21 am
Depends on what else you have on but there will be stuff to climb there. Everything was dry yesterday so things like 50 for 5 and the Ashes will be dry still, at least.

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#691 Re: Kilnsey conditions
July 29, 2013, 10:08:11 am
.updates appreciated from today / tomorrow: hoping to head up thursday.

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#692 Re: Kilnsey conditions
July 29, 2013, 11:34:29 am
Lashed it down overnight Saturday/Sunday and lots of seepage & run-off.
North Buttress FUBAR
Diedre/Central Wall trad also fecked
For Keefe - Mandela - you'd get a pleasant shower at the rest before starting, and the undercut to clip the first draw was gopping. No actual seepage visible through the roof though
Stolen/Bullet/Showtime/Metal Guru weren't showing any seepage
Ashes/5-for-5/Comedy all dry and climbed yesterday
Bulge started dry but started seeping after lunchtime.

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#693 Re: Kilnsey conditions
July 29, 2013, 11:43:46 am
North Buttress was partly wet on Sunday morning.  Wet streaks from parts of the Thumb and WYSIWYG was soaked.  But the routes to the right were dry (Subculture through to Grooved Arete and beyond).  The wetness largely dried back during the day: as I left, a party was on Dead Calm.  The water seemed more like surface run-off than "proper" seepage.  The left hand side was largely dry all day (and very busy) - people were working Cold Steal, Man With A Gun, the Bulge, Tragedy, Ashes, Comedy, Pantomime etc. 

So, no guarantees, but my guess would be that  practically everything will be dry by now - although a few damp pockets on North Buttress  might hold out for a while.

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#694 Re: Kilnsey conditions
July 29, 2013, 12:30:32 pm
all bets are off - heavy rain and thunder in Ilkley (around 15 miles from Kilnsey) - looks like the crags in for a soaking.

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#695 Re: Kilnsey conditions
July 30, 2013, 10:22:56 am
Anyone out yesterday?
I'm specifically wondering if Mandela is wet again? Cheers.

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#696 Re: Kilnsey conditions
July 30, 2013, 11:12:06 am
Mandela was mostly OK - there was a wet foothold on the crux, and you needed to dry your hands after doing the very start, and the break just before the belay was wet, but it was doable, just a bit more exciting. Unfortunately at the end of the day the ledges at the top of The Directissima were soaked.

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#697 Re: Kilnsey conditions
July 31, 2013, 09:20:57 pm
Forget any aspirations on Mandela for the near future, it's got wetter and it's rained heavily all day.
North Buttress is fucked, I don't mean to sound pessimistic but I don't think it'll ever be climbable again...
Subculture area still OK, as is the left end of the crag and most of the middle.
But for how long.........

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#698 Re: Kilnsey conditions
August 06, 2013, 04:00:07 pm
Anyone been this week, any dry rock at Kilnsey at all?

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#699 Re: Kilnsey conditions
August 06, 2013, 05:09:22 pm
Very wet yesterday, but still stuff to go at. I think we're in for a couple of drying days so hopefully things will improve.
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