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#75 October 2011 Boulder of the Month
October 13, 2011, 01:00:03 pm
October 2011 Boulder of the Month
13 October 2011, 12:00 am

Take a shufti at Siabod

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#76 Afon Caseg Gorge
October 18, 2011, 01:00:03 pm
Afon Caseg Gorge
18 October 2011, 12:00 am

New micro venue close to Braichmelyn

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#77 Consolation Prize V8/7B
October 19, 2011, 01:00:04 pm
Consolation Prize V8/7B
19 October 2011, 12:00 am

New developments at Bethesda Wave

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#78 Craig y Llyn boulders
October 29, 2011, 07:00:10 pm
Craig y Llyn boulders
29 October 2011, 12:00 am

Awesome new V7/7A+ at roadside venue

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#79 Re: North Wales Bouldering
October 30, 2011, 12:38:21 pm
It never ends....

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#80 Re: North Wales Bouldering
October 31, 2011, 10:08:50 am
It never ends....

Let's hope not, especially if we keep finding problems of this quality.

A contender for the best V7 in North Wales? Perhaps...  :-\

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#81 Re: North Wales Bouldering
October 31, 2011, 10:57:39 am
Just loaded some nice black and white shots from Tony Loxton:

http://www.northwalesbouldering.com/newsitem.asp?nsid=530

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#82 Tunnel Vision V5/6C, Twll Mawr
October 31, 2011, 12:00:04 pm
Tunnel Vision V5/6C, Twll Mawr
31 October 2011, 12:00 am

Wet weather slate traverse

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#83 More Craig y Llyn pics
October 31, 2011, 12:00:04 pm
More Craig y Llyn pics
31 October 2011, 12:00 am

Nice B/W shots from Tony Loxton

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#84 Paul O Grady Right Hand Start V8/7B+
November 02, 2011, 12:00:29 am
Paul O Grady Right Hand Start V8/7B+
1 November 2011, 12:00 am

Powerful new line in Ogwen Valley

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#85 Pete Burns V8/7B+
November 02, 2011, 12:00:06 pm
Pete Burns V8/7B+
1 November 2011, 12:00 am

Powerful new line in Ogwen Valley

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#86 Re: North Wales Bouldering
November 02, 2011, 02:30:20 pm
Looks siiick!!!

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#87 Re: Craig y Llyn boulders
November 02, 2011, 11:33:54 pm

Awesome new V7/7A+ at roadside venue

It never ends....

Let's hope not, especially if we keep finding problems of this quality.

A contender for the best V7 in North Wales? Perhaps...  :-\
climbed these today really nice ,i thought sad man was harder/trickier all depends on your strengths i reckon.keep up the good work.

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#88 Alice High V6/7A
November 11, 2011, 12:00:07 am
Alice High V6/7A
10 November 2011, 12:00 am

New variant at Craig y Llyn boulders

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#89 Re: North Wales Bouldering
November 11, 2011, 08:05:28 am
Thanks to the foothold snappage, I now need to go back and climb all these pretty decent lines again.  Nice one Si.

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#90 November 2011 Boulder of the Month
November 14, 2011, 06:00:09 pm
November 2011 Boulder of the Month
14 November 2011, 12:00 am

Massive limestone sloper at LPT!

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#91 Re: North Wales Bouldering
November 15, 2011, 04:47:37 am
So no lines have yet been climbed on this boulder?

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#92 Re: North Wales Bouldering
November 15, 2011, 09:43:19 am
Like many visionaries, Big G is often so overwhelmed by what he sees that he is rendered impotent.

I believe he has done no more than lightly touch the massive sloper.

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#93 Re: North Wales Bouldering
November 15, 2011, 09:48:24 am
Thanks to the foothold snappage, I now need to go back and climb all these pretty decent lines again.  Nice one Si.

It was going dark so I didn't have time to fully investigate all alternative sequences, but it seemed unlikely that anything of a similar standard could be found. The snapped foot hold has left a very small and unpositive blip, and the other foot hold options are further into the steepness and thus will be more powerful to use.

I might get the chance for a visit later on today - if I do I'll report back.

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#94 Re: North Wales Bouldering
November 15, 2011, 12:27:54 pm
I presume that the hold that snapped is the previously good but broken looking edge for the left foot?  And not the small edge near the undercuts that you use for the right foot at the start?  If that's gone I don't know what do to, it was crucial for rocking on to in order to cross over with the right hand.  I think with the left foot hold gone it'll still be do-able, just much more intense at the transition from the sitter to the stand-up.

Quality find though Simon, I can't wait to get back on it and attempt to do it again.

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#95 Re: North Wales Bouldering
November 15, 2011, 06:58:23 pm
I presume that the hold that snapped is the previously good but broken looking edge for the left foot?  And not the small edge near the undercuts that you use for the right foot at the start?  If that's gone I don't know what do to, it was crucial for rocking on to in order to cross over with the right hand.  I think with the left foot hold gone it'll still be do-able, just much more intense at the transition from the sitter to the stand-up.

Quality find though Simon, I can't wait to get back on it and attempt to do it again.

Went back today and had a great session with Bethesda James and Andy Godber. Excellent conditions, really dry and clear.

Turns out the snapped foothold (which was the small edge just below the undercut) doesn't make that much difference, at least it didn't for us, but then again we are all about 6ft tall. We used a smeary nubbin down and left - a bit hardder to set up on but seems to work okay once you're on it.

A few more superb links and variants in the bag; James was cranking!

http://www.northwalesbouldering.com/newsitem.asp?nsid=534

Some major (and I mean 'MAJOR') ascents done elsewhere on the mountain boulders today - I'll do full reports as soon as I've got the pics and all the details.

A perfect autumn bouldering day, let's hope we get some more of these before the winter snow comes...


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#96 Re: North Wales Bouldering
November 15, 2011, 07:57:47 pm
A perfect autumn bouldering day, let's hope we get some more of these before the winter snow comes...



It's not gonna snow this year  :great:

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#97 Abnormale V8/7B+
November 16, 2011, 12:00:19 am
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15 November 2011, 12:00 am

More variants and links at Craig y Llyn

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#98 Re: North Wales Bouldering
November 16, 2011, 02:05:41 am
Looks brilliant.

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#99 Re: North Wales Bouldering
November 16, 2011, 07:54:40 am
Turns out the snapped foothold (which was the small edge just below the undercut) doesn't make that much difference, at least it didn't for us, but then again we are all about 6ft tall. We used a smeary nubbin down and left - a bit harder to set up on but seems to work okay once you're on it.

Shit, that's gonna make it hard.  I thought it was solid 7a+ previously.  However, if you say there's another one it should still be ok for the crossover with the righthand.

Look forward to hearing more about the other stuff that got done yesterday.

 

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