Best setting in London I reckon
Dave Mac reckons (heat/humidity) is a factor in injury & I'm fairly sure he's right.
unless you are saying that perhaps you are more likely to get injured from slipping off unexpectedly?
From my own recent experience, I'd add that being forced to wear shorts (which I hate) in a wall by the heat can also be the difference between going home with a bruised leg & six hours in A&E, a scar & a permanent numb area on your leg.
Well, as of last week they hadn't turned the heaters on at Craggy 2, ...., but it's all good so far.
No way of knowing for sure but the injury was a long gash (sn**ger !) which needed stitches. I'm fairly sure by preferred choice of jeans would have prevented ths. I'd still have had a nasty bruise but that's all.
[sounds dodgy if there was something that sharp around though, and deep enough to require stitches could easily have ripped denim.
Quote from: Stubbs on November 13, 2012, 08:01:31 pm unless you are saying that perhaps you are more likely to get injured from slipping off unexpectedly? I asked him to clarify what he said herehttp://onlineclimbingcoach.blogspot.ca/2012/08/another-good-injury-story.html& that's apparently what he meant. Certainly fits with my recent injury pattern.
Including the ubiquitous MTFU and get on with it.
Protection isn't the reason I hate climbing in shorts, that's due to kneebars & stuff but it can help on the odd occasion.
MTFU and get on with it.
Craggy 2 i .....Best setting in London I reckon
Good stuff, glad it's not just me who likes the setting - something you only really appreciate when you go somewhere where it's duff. *cough*SSP*cough*
Re: Craggy grades. I started climbing there, and rarely climb (indoors) anywhere else - so the stiff grades are actually quite useful as it means you can go to other walls, in particular Westway, and get a good ego-boost when you climb 2 grades harder.
Probably because I don't get out enough, but I still find indoor grades way below outdoor grades - I can climb 6a+ boulders regularly at Craggy G/Craggy 2 - and still get shut down on 5's outdoors. So in that respect, I think it's quite useful that Craggy are stuff, as if you were regularly climbing 6c at your wall it would be a bit of a shock to get stuck on 4's and 5's.
Apparently the grading assumes perfect technique and "average" height,
I dont know how they expect for their shorter patrons to deal with this (especially at the same grade range), but hey ho...I guess they have to lump it or leave it.
There's a door which you can open. On the rare occasions I've seen the place with more than a few people there, it's been open. Also low temperatures mean less sweatiness/mugginess/humidity/slipping about on holds.....