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#275 Re: General Yorkshire grit conditions??
December 20, 2021, 11:31:07 pm
I'm not sure I'd choose a lamp session as my first trip. The trees around the boulders have grown a LOT since the post-harvest and it's now very easy to get lost stumbling among them.

Also, Hunter's Stones was sent from Hell to extract blood tribute to Beelzebub from vainglorious climbers seeking big grades. Each hold in the rock is like a little set of gnashing teeth that will strip your flesh to the bone in a matter of seconds. I fucking hate the place and if I never went back I wouldn't be in the least bit sorry.

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#276 Re: General Yorkshire grit conditions??
December 20, 2021, 11:51:16 pm
Archemedes at Norwood is worth a look too. It's technically a different crag but I bet it's barely more than 200m away from hunters roof. Can't imagine it taking long to dry and it's not as sharp.

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#277 Re: General Yorkshire grit conditions??
December 21, 2021, 07:45:09 am
Think it was dry at Almscliff today though, which is quite a bit closer to Hunter Stones. Not been up there myself, but if there's a lot of traffic on top ascents on the other channel, it must be pretty dry :shrug:

Almscliff is a lot more exposed though, and as Will says the trees at Hunter's are now pretty tall so it's quite closed in for both the roof and the X wall. Needs a really good breeze to dry quickly.

Norwood will be drier, but as Tim says it's all pretty wet out there. Only perma-dry stuff or Almscliff really worthwhile.

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#278 Re: General Yorkshire grit conditions??
December 21, 2021, 08:24:23 am
Miracle occurred it would seem  :-\ I am really surprised that the cliff was dry,  it was pretty grim all day in otley.

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#279 Re: General Yorkshire grit conditions??
December 21, 2021, 08:29:13 am
Front face of the Calf was all good too, decent conditions actually. Everything else was damp.

Either way doesn't mean Hunter's will be dry!

Sounds like someone had a good day at the Cliff actually, Canine doesn't get done very often.

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#280 Re: General Yorkshire grit conditions??
December 21, 2021, 10:21:14 am
Sounds like someone had a good day at the Cliff actually, Canine doesn't get done very often.

Tim Blake in the place.

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#281 Re: General Yorkshire grit conditions??
December 21, 2021, 10:26:48 am
If it's anything like the Peak I'd guess there's plenty of dry rock and lots of wet rock at the moment. The dry bits are actually very dry and conditions very good (when humidity isn't actually 100%). The trick is finding problems which are entirely dry, rather than bits of problems. Generally steep clean rock is dry, topouts and green bits are not. Some woodland stuff is dryer than exposed rock. At the weekend whilst folk were taking nice photos and climbing tops-off on warm sunny rock, it was possible to find dry rock and lower temps under the cloud level, the photo ops were rather limited though and there was no way I was taking many layers off.

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#282 Re: General Yorkshire grit conditions??
December 21, 2021, 11:40:02 am
There’s got to be something to say for taking the dose of sunshine and poorer conditions, versus hiding in the murk if you have the opportunity this time of year!

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#283 Re: General Yorkshire grit conditions??
December 21, 2021, 11:48:56 am
Absolutely. I don't remember such a widespread inversion since I moved to Yorkshire in 2007. And I was in no fit state to pull hard so a warm few hours pottering in the sun was just what was needed.

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#284 Re: General Yorkshire grit conditions??
December 21, 2021, 11:54:48 am
Sounds like someone had a good day at the Cliff actually, Canine doesn't get done very often.

Tim Blake in the place.

Strong chap!

It does seem drier today than recently, and next few days look awful so may well be worth chancing it if you can today.

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#285 Re: General Yorkshire grit conditions??
December 21, 2021, 12:00:53 pm
Likewise over here, cloudbase a lot higher and roads etc dry.

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#286 Re: General Yorkshire grit conditions??
December 21, 2021, 01:08:24 pm
I agree. But I also have projects.

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#287 Re: General Yorkshire grit conditions??
December 21, 2021, 01:23:38 pm
I was just at the Glen. Cold and dry.

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#288 Re: General Yorkshire grit conditions??
December 21, 2021, 02:33:15 pm
I was just at the Glen. Cold and dry.

I should try and be more optimistic shouldn't I ha ha

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#289 Re: General Yorkshire grit conditions??
December 21, 2021, 10:45:17 pm
Hunter's was generally dry, only lichen-y stuff that was wet. Didn't even get that lost in the dark!

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#290 Re: General Yorkshire grit conditions??
December 25, 2021, 04:24:59 pm
Sounds like someone had a good day at the Cliff actually, Canine doesn't get done very often.

Somebody managed it today, Christmas day treat  :strongbench:

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#291 Re: General Yorkshire grit conditions??
December 25, 2021, 05:51:43 pm
Yeah Sam Lawson today. Often the way with these things isn't it.

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#292 Re: General Yorkshire grit conditions??
December 25, 2021, 05:58:29 pm
Yeah Sam Lawson today. Often the way with these things isn't it.
He was close when Tim did it so not a big surpise. Don't be fooled it's still really hard..

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#293 Re: General Yorkshire grit conditions??
December 25, 2021, 07:51:18 pm
Oh I'm under no illusions  :lol:

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#294 Re: General Yorkshire grit conditions??
December 26, 2021, 03:38:50 pm
This is probably just the frustration of not being able to do the problem but it always seemed that if you are below a certain height canine is massively harder.  If you can get that toe hook in well it seems ok but if not it is way harder than 8a? 

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#295 Re: General Yorkshire grit conditions??
December 26, 2021, 04:44:53 pm
Tim with you being local, normal sized, not weak, and having done everything else at the crag, I don’t think anyone will be better qualified than you to comment!

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#296 Re: General Yorkshire grit conditions??
November 23, 2023, 01:36:04 pm
Bump. Can the usual lanky scrittle eliminate massive give a general update for anything that is not Almscliffe??

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#297 Re: General Yorkshire grit conditions??
November 23, 2023, 01:45:07 pm
Wet and windy at Caley today. Looking at the forecast I imagine it should be in pretty good nick tomorrow.

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#298 Re: General Yorkshire grit conditions??
November 23, 2023, 01:46:38 pm
Currently pissing down in Skipton, the cloud hasn't lifted off Crookrise for most of the week!

Tomorrow and saturday look mint though, humidity in the low 60's tomorrow which I don't think we've seen for a while

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#299 Re: General Yorkshire grit conditions??
November 23, 2023, 03:24:14 pm
I was dubious how likely tomorrow actually was to be mint given the week of saturation we've just endured but the strong winds and low humidity do look promising.

 

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