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[Yorkshire][St Ives][4 problems][6A-6B+] (Read 1514 times)

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[Yorkshire][St Ives][4 problems][6A-6B+]
February 14, 2021, 05:20:16 pm
A nice block I've brushed recently. There's more to do if any locals are interested in getting their brushes out. I'll go and try them but don't mind if someone else does some cleaning and beats me to it.

https://unknownstones.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/st-ives-amphitheatre.pdf

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#1 Re: [Yorkshire][St Ives][4 problems][6A-6B+]
February 14, 2021, 05:25:44 pm
That looks genuinely pleasant, hope it stays clean.

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#2 Re: [Yorkshire][St Ives][4 problems][6A-6B+]
February 14, 2021, 07:41:33 pm
I'm optimistic. The soil used to come to the very edge of the crag and it had wept a thin layer of soil down the whole face. I dug a strip of earth off at the top (the colour of the lichenless rock is something to behold after a couple of rainstorms cleaned it up) so that should stop. When you take the soil off the face it leaves really clean rock. It faces south so should get plenty of sun on it.

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#3 Re: [Yorkshire][St Ives][4 problems][6A-6B+]
February 15, 2021, 09:05:14 am
Looks cool, good work. Shame no problems named from the old song though.

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#4 Re: [Yorkshire][St Ives][4 problems][6A-6B+]
February 15, 2021, 09:16:37 am
Local to me these, so might have to head over and verify / downgrade as appropriate...

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#5 Re: [Yorkshire][St Ives][4 problems][6A-6B+]
February 15, 2021, 01:06:56 pm
No doubt Will has already given them a pre-downgrading

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#6 Re: [Yorkshire][St Ives][4 problems][6A-6B+]
February 15, 2021, 01:11:40 pm
The grades are probably completely wrong. I didn't put much thought into it so possibly quite overgraded. Tired from second day on, taped tips, rock still dusty, in a rush to get them climbed as I said I'd be home for lunch etc etc etc. Downgrade away!

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#7 Re: [Yorkshire][St Ives][4 problems][6A-6B+]
February 26, 2021, 08:58:26 pm
Dunnyg has been along to downgrade my problems and sort out the remaining lines. An updated guide is on Unknown Stones.

https://unknownstones.com/st-ives/

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#8 Re: [Yorkshire][St Ives][4 problems][6A-6B+]
February 26, 2021, 09:04:37 pm
The crack is 4+ at most!

 

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