[Gritlad]

From what I have been reading about on past topics there was talk a few years back of trying to fix the roadrunner cave?
just wondering if anyone has tried or been recently? what state is it in?
cheers

[Doylo]

folk have looked but sounds like it'd need a lot of work. Think its knackered really.

[petejh]

I went for a look about two months ago. I'm not a massive boulderer but it didn't look too good to me - lots of very brittle blocks of micro-granite/dolerite or whatever the rock is, obviously been cooked. Probably with some serious cleaning/descaling you could transform it into something a bit better than it is at the moment (I have no idea how good it used to be).

[Doylo]

It used to be amazing! Just be happy for the memories

[Gritlad]

i never got round to going 
any local knowledge about areas/ possible areas in the Penmaenmawr area (not Parisellas) Doylo? looking to get out boxing day for a few hours

[Doylo]

Think Patch did something on Conwy mountain, there is a little quarry up there but i didn't see much potential for it. I guess you could go for an explore but i've got no tip offs for you i'm afraid

[Pantontino]

There are a couple of good problems in the little quarry up behind Notice Board Crag.

Big 6Aish arete and a r-l low rising traverse line on a steep little wall - Patch did this years ago and it's about 7B. You can also get pumped by traversing the right side of the quarry - a bit like doing an E5 at Gogarth (style wise).

As for Roadrunner - I am still grieving... 

[Gritlad]

cheers for the replies. gutted bout the roadrunner cave, looked so good 
its looking like Parisellas if it isnt in awful nick

[Jim]

I miss roadrunner too. shame I was never really strong enough to do any of the problems when we used to go

[petejh]

This has got me wondering. From what I saw when I went recently, it looked like the rock has been cooked and gone brittle. Might it be worth going there with sledghammers, chisels and wire brushes and just totally go to town on the place and 'create' hard boulder problems, drilled slots included. It'd be completely manmade, but it was anyway, and so is Parisella's (to a degree). It might be possible to create good problems on rock no??   

[Gritlad]

better than bouldering on choss.... ?