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#25 Re: hard grit, soft snow...
January 28, 2010, 07:33:43 pm
does this mean you've done 3 blind mice then?

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#26 Re: hard grit, soft snow...
January 28, 2010, 07:37:36 pm
No, we didn't do anything in the end, just lots of digging. Should be good to go tomorrow though.

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#27 Re: hard grit, soft snow...
January 29, 2010, 09:29:36 pm
Just been up to Three Blind Mice, cheers to whoever put work into flattening the landing! Must be around 8ft of snow:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2557/4313962415_c2011d677a.jpg[/img]]=http://www.flickr.com/photos/47033264@N03/4313962415/



I know I've not done great on the embedding pictures front, God I have tried, if only there was some kind of guide to this thing...

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#28 Re: hard grit, soft snow...
January 29, 2010, 11:53:07 pm
Nice one Reeve. I'm well impressed that those photos look so good for a camera phone, and it was pretty dark by then.


I'd also like to pass on my thanks to the kind people who flattened the landing, and then those who chalked all the holds for me to see them.

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#29 Re: hard grit, soft snow...
January 30, 2010, 09:49:07 am

I know I've not done great on the embedding pictures front, God I have tried, if only there was some kind of guide to this thing...

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#30 Re: hard grit, soft snow...
January 30, 2010, 05:46:03 pm
Just been up to Three Blind Mice, cheers to whoever put work into flattening the landing! Must be around 8ft of snow:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2557/4313962415_c2011d677a.jpg[/img]]=http://www.flickr.com/photos/47033264@N03/4313962415/

That's one serious head loss problem  :o

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#31 Re: hard grit, soft snow...
January 30, 2010, 10:48:08 pm
Three blind mice looks like a really good problem... what's it like when none snowy? Sketchy?

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#32 Re: hard grit, soft snow...
January 30, 2010, 11:32:08 pm
E7

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#33 Re: hard grit, soft snow...
January 31, 2010, 11:02:51 am

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#34 Re: hard grit, soft snow...
January 31, 2010, 11:36:06 am
Wow, that is a total boulder problem now, what a lot of snow.

I only hope this leads to one of those delightful UKC-esque grade debates, I love that bonkers shit...

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#35 Re: hard grit, soft snow...
January 31, 2010, 11:59:00 am
Wow, that is a total boulder problem now, what a lot of snow.

I only hope this leads to one of those delightful UKC-esque grade debates, I love that bonkers shit...

I'm waiting patiently for that too,  I expect there'll be an article on "snowballing" followed by the usual misinformed debate.

Thanks to everyone that did the digging to prepare the landing and helping people enjoy what is a fantastic sequence of moves, if it were a boulder problem it would be classic and much sought after.
 
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#36 Re: hard grit, soft snow...
January 31, 2010, 12:14:38 pm
Wow, that is a total boulder problem now, what a lot of snow.

I only hope this leads to one of those delightful UKC-esque grade debates, I love that bonkers shit...

S'alright. Wont need to be a grade debate as they wont have climbed the route... ;-)

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#37 Re: hard grit, soft snow...
January 31, 2010, 12:18:58 pm
It must be nice doing these moves/problems/routes ground up though..

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#38 Re: hard grit, soft snow...
January 31, 2010, 12:38:30 pm
I didn't realise how deep the snow was, might have to get out to Burbage soon.

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#39 Re: hard grit, soft snow...
January 31, 2010, 06:22:16 pm
once the snow has gone can we delete this thread so nobody will ever no know the truth about all those ticks?

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#40 Re: hard grit, soft snow...
January 31, 2010, 07:11:18 pm
Good fun today, thanks to all the platform builders.

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#41 Re: hard grit, soft snow...
January 31, 2010, 08:24:06 pm
Good to hear folks are making the most of my landings.  :great: Get those E7 ticks while you can.

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#42 Re: hard grit, soft snow...
January 31, 2010, 08:59:16 pm
I expect there'll be an article on "snowballing" followed by the usual misinformed debate.



 :P

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#43 Re: hard grit, soft snow...
January 31, 2010, 09:03:39 pm
Good to hear folks are making the most of my landings.  :great: Get those E7 ticks while you can.

Cemetery Waits got a few more ascents this eve just as the sun was going down. Waddage to whoever shovelled the snow!

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#44 Re: hard grit, soft snow...
January 31, 2010, 09:35:57 pm
Lets see it then! With these frosts they'll be holding together for a while too, it'll take a big thaw to remove them completely.

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#45 Re: hard grit, soft snow...
January 31, 2010, 09:36:47 pm
who's going to burbage tomorrow then?

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#46 Re: hard grit, soft snow...
January 31, 2010, 10:06:11 pm
Not me. Don't miss Ai No Corrida though.

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#47 Re: hard grit, soft snow...
January 31, 2010, 10:09:15 pm
?

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#49 Re: hard grit, soft snow...
January 31, 2010, 10:14:28 pm
Hanging arete right of 3blind - brilliant and safe at the mo.

 

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