[Hot Muffin]

I am new to bouldering outdoors and having watched a few videos of american blow torching holds i thought it would be a good way of drying gritstone after rain. However whilst blow torching a boulder problem the other day a couple of the holds fell off, does anybody have any suggestions for alternative methods for drying holds as this obviously didnt work?

[Will Hunt]

Stay perfectly still. Its vision is based on movement.

[r-man]

Avoid urinating into the wind.

[danm]

Save on expensive guidebooks and travel costs with this top tip:

Using short lengths of velcro, strap small pieces of gritstone to your hands and feet. Using hand and foot movements copied from video footage, you can now climb classic boulder problems in the comfort of your own home!

[Sloper]

The other day I was suggesting to Tom, like the days of the early pamphleters, the day of the troll was passed, it seems I was partially wrong, the day of the good troll has passed and we're left with this: sic transit.

Personally I dry boulder problems with seriously hydrophobic compounds, spray them on and then brush ff the residue.  It works a dream except on the skin.

[Doylo]

It doesn't matter if grit holds fall off. Just do a re ascent and then write to UKC and get a news item. Don't do it to lime though...

[Hot Muffin]

ah bollocks, got my rock types mixed up, i was at a place called raven tor, any of you been?

[willackers]

Nobody climbs there anymore, it's shit.

[tomtom]

At the Tor holds are traditionally dried by lighting a large fire under the problem. Even better if you have some old tyres to burn too.

All this fancy blow torching shit - it's nearly as bad as when people started to use chalk. What next? Special boots equipped with sticky rubber? Ffs.

[Oldmanmatt]

At the Tor holds are traditionally dried by lighting a large fire under the problem. Even better if you have some old tyres to burn too.

All this fancy blow torching shit - it's nearly as bad as when people started to use chalk. What next? Special boots equipped with sticky rubber? Ffs.

Ladders.


And knee pads.


Knee pads, covered in POF.


Starting from a ladder.


Over a pile of unburied shit and bog roll.



Holding a blowtorch.



And lots of gloss white paint tick marks...

[grumpycrumpy]

When my trusty blowtorch has run out of gas I often resort to using an object called a towel to dry things, ....... 

[Will Hunt]

Save on expensive guidebooks and travel costs with this top tip:

Using short lengths of velcro, strap small pieces of gritstone to your hands and feet. Using hand and foot movements copied from video footage, you can now climb classic boulder problems in the comfort of your own home!

Why bother when there is a much easier approach. Simply take a hammer and chisel and chip around the problem of your dreams, dependent on its size it should only take a matter of days to sperate it from the main crag. Transport it home on a large flat bed lorry and remove one wall of your house and your living room furniture to get it inside. Hey presto! Your very own everdry problem!

[Hot Muffin]

wont that ruin the crag for everyone else?

[tomtom]

wont that ruin the crag for everyone else?

You are absolutely correct.

Will, your irresponsible behaviour will leave behind lots of chips and bits of rock - let alone the impact of getting a low loader and crane up to the crag.

Think of the future!

[Oldmanmatt]

wont that ruin the crag for everyone else?

You are absolutely correct.

Will, your irresponsible behaviour will leave behind lots of chips and bits of rock - let alone the impact of getting a low loader and crane up to the crag.

Think of the future!

Assuming a cuboid removal, for a single climbing face removed. This would result in a multiplication of the available climbing surface by a factor of 3; thereby improving the crag new route potential by an even greater degree.
So this would create a net benefit to crag users.

I shall be presenting all future Tory Party policies, with similar logic.

[Will Hunt]

wont that ruin the crag for everyone else?

Who gives a fuck?

[lagerstarfish]

suck my fat one, you cheap dimestore hood

[Oldmanmatt]

suck my fat one, you cheap dimestore hood

You forgot to sign in as Hot Muppet.....

[Sloper]

suck my fat one, you cheap dimestore hood

That's no way to talk about your father, go wash your mouth out with soap.