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a quiet crag in the peak!
April 02, 2010, 02:02:46 pm
this morning i went out for a quick bouldering session in the crag that you can see facing westwards(roughly) from grindleford in the peak district. it has a fair few problems i found i could do as i beginner and im sure there would lots more for more the more advanced and some roped up climbing . grid ref SK 253 781 for anyone who is interested

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#1 Re: a quiet crag in the peak!
April 02, 2010, 02:10:27 pm
Grid ref looks like Tegness. Did you climb a C-R=A-Z+Y Pinnacle?

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#2 Re: a quiet crag in the peak!
April 02, 2010, 02:19:40 pm
it definatly could be tegness! um no i dont think so but looking there i think i saw it. is it the sort of stand alone 5m or so high piller just left from the "main" crag if you were looking to grindleford?? also forgot to mention it seems to get alot of sun most of the time and drys well even with the 30sec bit of sunshine i got up there today

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#3 Re: a quiet crag in the peak!
April 02, 2010, 09:48:00 pm
thats the one. climbing that pinnacle will change your life, swear to god

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#4 Re: a quiet crag in the peak!
April 02, 2010, 10:02:37 pm
sounds good. has anyone got the grade of the routes and any pics of them and also is it in any guidebooks??

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#6 Re: a quiet crag in the peak!
April 02, 2010, 11:03:39 pm
cheers chris. what does it mean by "frightengly unstable"??

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#7 Re: a quiet crag in the peak!
April 02, 2010, 11:40:06 pm
Not very well stuck together and likely to succumb to the effects of Mr Newton's Famous Gravitytm; especially if someone pulls on it.

Of course climbers' "frighteningly unstable" is a lot lot better than cavers' "frighteningly unstable" (with reference to both rock and people).

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#8 Re: a quiet crag in the peak!
April 08, 2010, 06:24:20 pm
There are some routes at Tegness in the rockfax eastern grit guide. On the froggatt pages

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#9 Re: a quiet crag in the peak!
April 08, 2010, 10:22:30 pm
There are some routes at Tegness in the rockfax eastern grit guide. On the froggatt pages

There's more in the 1990 Froggatt guide.

If you want another quiet crag then Agden Rocher is a good bet, every time I've been there there has never been more than one other party besides ourselves.  Some real gems of routes too.

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#10 Re: a quiet crag in the peak!
April 19, 2010, 04:23:40 pm
There's actually a few other little butresses along the ridge, I've done a couple of problems and was going to finnish a few more and write them up, maybe on my last day of freedom?

Any else fancy some esoteric high ball frighteners Thursday?

If so send me a pm.

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#11 Re: a quiet crag in the peak!
June 09, 2010, 06:21:14 pm
There are some routes at Tegness in the rockfax eastern grit guide. On the froggatt pages

There's more in the 1990 Froggatt guide.

If you want another quiet crag then Agden Rocher is a good bet, every time I've been there there has never been more than one other party besides ourselves.  Some real gems of routes too.

Yes, you can probably bring some of it home with you too - takeaway bouldering!

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#12 Re: a quiet crag in the peak!
June 09, 2010, 07:15:23 pm
I dunno, its not that great for bouldering really, and the bits you can take away are pretty small.

Other quiet crags in the Peak include most of those in the Chew Valley area (Standing Stones, Ravenstones, Dovestones, Robs Rocks etc.) in comparison to the Eastern Edges at least.

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#13 Re: a quiet crag in the peak!
June 10, 2010, 01:10:05 pm
"is it in any guidebooks??"...brand new Froggatt guide.

 

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