[Will Hunt]

Thanks for all the posts, DMs, and texts. I didn't want to say anything till I had all the results back. I've a burst fracture of my L1 vertebrae but nothing else seems damaged. Some bits of bone went outwards, some bits went inwards towards the nerves. Very fortunately there isn't any neurological damage. The fracture is stable under gravity so I can stand up and move around and have now been discharged from hospital.

So it looks like limestone season is a bust this year, but considering I've shared wards with people who have not sat up or been out of bed in two years, and have no use of their body beyond their hands, I'm pretty sanguine about it all.

[Nibile]

Glad about the good news.
Good luck for a speedy recovery!

[SA Chris]

So it looks like limestone season is a bust this year, but considering I've shared wards with people who have not sat up or been out of bed in two years, and have no use of their body beyond their hands, I'm pretty sanguine about it all.

Good result, I think. Not being macabre, but remind me what you did last time you hurt yourself?

[Will Hunt]

That one was a broken leg.

[highrepute]

Glad to hear you're ok will.

Can anyone recall a video about a female projecting crescent arete? She takes a few trips to do it, there's narration or talking to camera. She possibly also does something at caley, but that might be another video. My partner remembers me showing them it about a year ago. Thanks in advance.

My advice to wellsy is go with a big crew with lots of pads and no pressure. Build up to it with a few other problems to build confidence. And set off with the aim of just getting as high as you feel like.

Also, if you don't fancy it then that's alright.

[highrepute]

Can anyone recall a video about a female projecting crescent arete? She takes a few trips to do it, there's narration or talking to camera. She possibly also does something at caley, but that might be another video. My partner remembers me showing them it about a year ago. Thanks in advance.

Found it

https://youtu.be/k2rdrOctiY0?si=qvBvQtzB5Vhq41ZX

[tommytwotone]

Not wishing to hate on a geez, but aggressively downturned Hiangles wouldn't be my first choice of footwear for Crescent Arete!

[highrepute]

When I bought my first pair of climbing shoes, from outside in hathersage, the person serving me refused to let me try on any bigger sizes than, what I would say was, the smallest shoe I could physically squeeze my soon to be crippled get into.

Apparently any bigger and theyd be rubbish.

So I used these inappropriately sized shoes on every grit VS I did until I'd saved up enough lunch money to buy something bigger.

[tommytwotone]

I had the opposite - had a worn out pair of Vectors someone gave me till they were totally trashed, but got on really well with them.

Went to a climbing shop in Exeter while on holiday down there to buy my first proper pair and the guy serving me refused to let me try anything other than "beginner's shoes", so I ended up with a pair of Boreal Aces which I hated.

[andy popp]

Ah, the days when you'd think yourself lucky if they'd sell you a pair of EBs (actually, I was incredibly excited to get my first pair of EBs).