Quote from: carlisle slapper on November 02, 2023, 01:31:35 pm Leaping Stone Where is?
Leaping Stone
Quote from: andy moles on November 02, 2023, 04:56:09 pmQuote from: carlisle slapper on November 02, 2023, 01:31:35 pm Leaping Stone Where is?It's in the back of Kielder. An easy 5 hour ebike journey from the roadhead, plus a 3 hour approach through the pines. Only two topos were produced, lovingly CNC'd onto a pair of hardwood tablets which were distributed to Nicky and Aiden (they say hi) with strict instructions to burn after reading. This act of annihilation was committed by each as they bivouacked alone under the boulder, the flames casting shadows which danced across the rock, the smoke spilling upwards into the ink-black depths of the night, lost among an infinite archipelago of stars.No idea why nobody else is out repeating these great lines
I'm genuinely surprised the Pebble at Stanage isn't getting more love. Great spread of problems across the grades (and even styles). High but not too high. Can climb on all sides, quick drying. Photogenic. Definitely a better all-round boulder than the Grand Hotel. Maybe familiarity breeds contempt.
Quote from: JamieG on November 02, 2023, 08:03:31 pmI'm genuinely surprised the Pebble at Stanage isn't getting more love. Great spread of problems across the grades (and even styles). High but not too high. Can climb on all sides, quick drying. Photogenic. Definitely a better all-round boulder than the Grand Hotel. Maybe familiarity breeds contempt.If I was stuck on a desert island and all I had was The Pebble I'd stop climbing More seriously, it doesn't really have much quality above ~7A except Deliverance (lank reliant, luck based scrittle etc.)
Ruthven, Wonderwall, The Prune, Lower Caseg, Tetris and The Calf as they don't have any straight up 8s despite lots in the 6s and 7s.
Quote from: Will Hunt on November 02, 2023, 05:40:26 pmQuote from: andy moles on November 02, 2023, 04:56:09 pmQuote from: carlisle slapper on November 02, 2023, 01:31:35 pm Leaping Stone Where is?It's in the back of Kielder. An easy 5 hour ebike journey from the roadhead, plus a 3 hour approach through the pines. Only two topos were produced, lovingly CNC'd onto a pair of hardwood tablets which were distributed to Nicky and Aiden (they say hi) with strict instructions to burn after reading. This act of annihilation was committed by each as they bivouacked alone under the boulder, the flames casting shadows which danced across the rock, the smoke spilling upwards into the ink-black depths of the night, lost among an infinite archipelago of stars.No idea why nobody else is out repeating these great lines You're not wronghttps://www.flickr.com/photos/beastmaker/50489032552/https://www.flickr.com/photos/beastmaker/50371830132/https://www.flickr.com/photos/beastmaker/50175494748/https://www.flickr.com/photos/beastmaker/51498264210/
'Kabbah Boulder'? - never heard of it. Any more info/pics/links?
Quote from: gardinrm on November 02, 2023, 09:59:43 pm'Kabbah Boulder'? - never heard of it. Any more info/pics/links?There's a pic on the cover of the Boulder Scotland guide.