[nai]

the end of the rope will have been put into your mouth about 12x.

Not wanting to gross everybody out but is worthy of working out what should be best practice for this situation.

Three bolt sprints with the first two preclipped

[Rob F]

You obviously haven't done a route that Mick Lovatt has bolted at Malham

Not everyone climbs at the tor you know...

[spidermonkey09]

Pretty easy really. Ideally climb solely on your own rope. If you have to share, your partner uses the other end.

[Will Hunt]

We don't know where Rob's been. Personally, I wouldn't risk climbing on the same crag as his rope, let alone on a different end of it.

[Rob F]

That reminds me Will, at some point I'll need a belay for South Gully at Kilnsey. Classic Arthur Dolphin route.

For some reason it's been removed from the ukc database.

[Rob F]

It'd better be in your book, else I'm not buying it...

[shark]

- And a couple mins later, that very same bit of rope will be put into whoever you are climbing with's mouth another 12x...

No one puts a rope in their mouth any more. It died with fumble clipping and chain grabbing.

I sometimes wonder if you’ve only recently woken up from a 15 year coma.

[abarro81]

I often put the rope in my mouth for clipping above my head But it's also possible to only climb with people in you household (bummer if you don't live with a climber obviously ) and/or to climb on different ropes.

[SA Chris]

How else would you clip? Climb really slowly and always clip from waist?

[abarro81]

Sounds like some restriction easing from Monday is likely (see PMQs summaries)... will it make it easier to go out and play? Fingers crossed...

[shark]

Sounds like some restriction easing from Monday is likely (see PMQs summaries)... will it make it easier to go out and play? Fingers crossed...

No insights on what this will comprise on the news.

Done a bit of googling and Oliver Dowden is the Culture and Sport Secretary who is collating info on how restrictions in sport might be lifted.

Encouragingly the only interest listed on his Facebook page is “walking in the countryside”.

What’s the betting that golf courses will open on Monday? 

[spidermonkey09]

Sounds like some restriction easing from Monday is likely (see PMQs summaries)... will it make it easier to go out and play? Fingers crossed...

No insights on what this will comprise on the news.

Done a bit of googling and Oliver Dowden is the Culture and Sport Secretary who is collating info on how restrictions in sport might be lifted.

Encouragingly the only interest listed on his Facebook page is “walking in the countryside”.

What’s the betting that golf courses will open on Monday? 

My bosses golf course in Yorkshire is apparently opening on Monday...

[petejh]

Furlough and golf back open.. 
It'll never work!!

[Offwidth]

My bosses golf course in Yorkshire is apparently opening on Monday...

Complaints here about the lack of notice... cheeky buggers.

https://www.thegolfbusiness.co.uk/2020/05/uk-golf-courses-could-be-given-just-a-few-hours-notice-about-reopening/

[ali k]

No one puts a rope in their mouth any more. It died with fumble clipping and chain grabbing.

I still do that too. When was this announcement made?!

[Rob F]

He's right you know. I've reviewed all the clips of Shark on the Oak, and not once does he put the rope in his mouth.

All future belayers to be aware- Shark will be going straight for the clip / no short roping please!!!!!

[tomtom]

He's right you know. I've reviewed all the clips of Shark on the Oak, and not once does he put the rope in his mouth.

All future belayers to be aware- Shark will be going straight for the clip / no short roping please!!!!!

Though I'd imagine there is a fair amount of droplet spraying going on when obscenities are hurled..

[shark]

He's right you know. I've reviewed all the clips of Shark on the Oak, and not once does he put the rope in his mouth.

All future belayers to be aware- Shark will be going straight for the clip / no short roping please!!!!!

*Announcement* Also please note I will no longer be pre-clipping the third bolt. 

 

[Wood FT]

He's right you know. I've reviewed all the clips of Shark on the Oak, and not once does he put the rope in his mouth.

All future belayers to be aware- Shark will be going straight for the clip / no short roping please!!!!!

 

He's right you know. I've reviewed all the clips of Shark on the Oak, and not once does he put the rope in his mouth.

All future belayers to be aware- Shark will be going straight for the clip / no short roping please!!!!!

*Announcement* Also please note I will no longer be pre-clipping the third bolt. 

 

Interesting. Whats brought that on?

[steveri]

People golfing on my local course when I ran past. Guerrilla golfers? Do they even read the England Golf updates? Obviously I called the cops.

[shark]

*Announcement* Also please note I will no longer be pre-clipping the third bolt. 
 

Interesting. Whats brought that on?

Obviously I need to make it harder for myself.

No kneebars next

[petejh]

Kneebars on The Oak, isn’t that only the last move to clip the chains? You should be so lucky 

You always were cheating by having the third pre-clipped imo so would never have done it legit. Surely strong enough to clip the 3rd and do the route.

[Coops_13]

Not sure if this is the right thread for this but I had a grim encounter yesterday while out:

My mate and I were trying this V6 and a bloke came over and started asking questions about it from a distance, OK so far... Then he asked if he could try it, and we explained that we were just climbing with each other and socially distancing from everyone else but he should come back when we're done. He said "I have pads" and I responded that we'd be max an hour then the boulder would be free. He said "But I haven't got long" so I replied (patience dwindling) "well you may have to come back another day then". He then proceeded to stand by the end of the boulder, blocking the top-out. We asked if he could move out of the way as he was blocking the end, he said that he wanted to watch us climb it. We said he could if he moved to a different spot. He moved (but not far), my mate tried it, we chatted for a bit ignoring him until he left. I went up to brush the top holds (that he was stood next to) before my next attempt and found one of the final crimps to be wet. My only explanation is that he gobbed on the hold when we weren't looking - it was a bone-dry day with no moisture on the trees above. We were pretty shocked and disgusted, he might not have been a normal functioning member of society...

Hopefully no-one else has an encounter as bizarre as this...

[mrjonathanr]

Hopefully no-one else has an encounter as bizarre as this...

Aye to that.

[SA Chris]

That's F U.

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/scottish-news/5545666/coronavirus-scotland-live-nicola-sturgeon-lockdown-ease-care-home/

Looks like we may get some easing here shortly.