Had a great couple of hours here yesterday - great little venue. Boysen turned up, said he'd been going for forty years. So much for a new crag - looking foward to the cheshire guide for more unsung gems.
Is this the famed 'Boysen's secret sandstone crag' ? or are there more? (I heard Altrincham...)
I've been told by people that it shouldn't be in a guide and that the problems shouldn't have names or grades
a definite reticence to tell people what had and hadn't been climbed
I think the lines you talk about are the wonderful Babyblock (on the rh end of the curved wall, via a lovely left hand pinch, about 7a+/b) and just left of that curved wall, High Heaven (with a harsh start to press down a two finger pocket and reach miles to a little edge, about 7a?).
I guess suddenly naming everything could come across a bit presumptuous to anyone who's been going a while.
That's fair enough - a similar ethic exists for the Grinah Stones. I'm a big fan of leaving the odd venue undocumented so everyone gets to discover it afresh.
However I get a bit annoyed at people deliberately not telling other people about particular crags just so that they can keep their own little spot to themselves
There's an ok traversy thing on a wall near the canal at Dunham Massey, but not very hard.
I'm a big fan of leaving the odd venue undocumented so everyone gets to discover it afresh.
Did both of these last nigt on my first visit. I was very impressed, especially with Babyblock. I intially tried the 6b+ rib thing (in one of the photos above) with blinkers on and thought it harder than the wall with monos next to it! Use everything and it's a peach too.Has anyone done the full traverse?