Little bit of footage from Saddle Tor in January.
Quote from: granticus on March 02, 2014, 11:59:56 amLittle bit of footage from Saddle Tor in January.Thanks for posting.Does it often get that busy up there?!
Just been for a walk to Upton and the start of Wet Bootie is now burried under a pile of large stones!Could take a while to clear out alternatively another good tide and it may all disappear!
I hear on the grapevine that boulders at Tintagel have been reshuffled, they are big blocs but it appears the waves had no problem shifting stuff around. Some old problems are now rendered un-doable and there are apparently lots of new lines to be had... go check it out! Mother nature's been re-setting!
Tintagel Update:Some good and bad news I guess, but I would say that most the changes at Tintagel have been for the better. Bad News: - Kids is no longer- Colorado Dreaming has changed angle, it is now lower to the ground and the feet maybe better, top out is easier. I would say probably easier than its previous state but at similar grade. On the up side it is more open in the cave as boulders to left have gone meaning it is likely to be drier more often. Good news:- Lots of new easier lines to go at dotted about the place.- left of kids is a corridor of new rock opened up, makes a good warm up/eliminates wall. - Best of all the purple haze bloc has finally been opened up, I have been dreaming of this since first finding the place. Now one of my favourite boulders on the coast! Topo with the main lines on can be found here... https://www.dropbox.com/s/ya15ch38nwupg2z/Topo.jpg (sorry dont know how to import images).Green – Hurler SDS V8: start sitting on low shelf follow the rail to the ledge and a tricky rockover. Take a big bucket to empty the rock pool below. White – Project: sitter into undercut… Red – The AWOL Apprentice V9? Start matched on lowest rail follow holds in the seam. Amazing maybe the best V9 on the coast. A variation finishes up purple haze at a similar grade. Purple – All along the Watchtower V8: Start up Purple haze traverse the lip using a rose move into and up The AWOL Apprentice.Yellow – Purple Haze V6Blue – V8: Traverse from Hurler into the start of Purple Haze, after the crux break out left along jugs. Climbs really well.
Guess this is in the right place? Some new problems in Dorset...