John M,Rock Lobster - Pen Trwyn
Top three boulder probs, UKCareless Torque, a few days into 2011.China In Your Hands - the only other problem I did this year, again early Jan. Broke ankle same day falling off Superbloc, basically stopped any sort of proper climbing all year. Still fucked now.Top three boulder probs, abroadNone.Top three trad routes/soloes UKNone. Seconded a lot of the Chee Tor harder routes though, such as Autobahn, Snapdragon, Apocalypse, and Ceramic Extension.Top three sport routes UKCosmopolitan 7b+The Sea Is A Brown Paper Bag 7b+Minos 7c+These were the only new routes that I led, I was too injured/scared for most of the year. I did a fair bit of toproping though, I was pretty pleased to toprope Powerplant the non-kneebar way, and flash Stone The Loach.Top three routes abroad (any genre)None.Top three new route/prob put upNone.Top SpankingsSuperbloc, although to be fair I reckon I'd have got it if I hadn't broken my ankle. Definitely my worst year ever, really dreadful.
Northern Soul, Hepburn – The best problem in the UK?
defo, I hate it tho, it tires me out
I love this thread, psyche in a bottle.
co-own an incredibly cute kitten
Rock atrocity- unexpected accent.
off line on a 6a instead of the 5/4 in the gully! Brilliant fun. Windproofs aren't waterproof!
One of them E3 things at Reecastle (the good one were you can stick loads of those metal things in it)
Top Spanking'sWen, Gogarth - Still managed to onsight but shook like a shitting dog as I edged along the finishing traverse, having placed my last quickdraw, not knowing the crux was yet to come...