Fiend said:
P.S. Private Prosecution is a cool route, I remember it being a bit goey with the bolts too. In fact the whole main wall at Hozzleshizzle is great, pity about 1. The rest of it, and 2. The climbers.
I resemble that remark!
M - Still a bit bleurgh. Mini fingerboard session (20 and 15mm rungs, all grips, 3-4 seconds each), a warm-up for most people.
T - Mini fingerboard session. Shoulder/elbow/wrist conditioning: YsTs, reverse curls. Hip flexibility.
W - Mini fingerboard session to warm-up. Westway autobelay: 40 routes ~500m of easy. I must be weird as I really enjoy these sessions.
T - Shoulder/elbow/wrist conditioning. Walked 10km.
F - Walked 7km.
S - Wet in the morning. After a quick social call at Raven Tor (busy) retired to Horseshoe Quarry (quiet...but included, I now realise, AussieGav. and team :wave
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Creaked-up
A Right Earful (6a+), knackered forearms from Wednesday and generally tired and under-confident. Tried
Legal Action and
Private Prosecution (both 6c). Struggled with a hard-for-me low move on the former, arms and confidence gave out half way up the latter. Might have tried redpointing PP but the primary aim of the day was to not knacker myself as the weather was supposed to be better on Sunday. OK, let's be honest, I was climbing crap. Fortunately the rain returned on cue as I hung on the fourth bolt so I could retreat with a modicum of dignity. Good to meet petejh at the CC hut :wave: although I always imagine mixed climbing beasts as close relatives of Thor and, disappointingly, he could almost pass for a sport-climber!
S - Stoney West. Felt cold and damp.
A Time And A Place (6a) and
Shake, Rattle and Roll (6b). We don’t count falling off warm-ups, right? Flashed
Procession (6b+, going on 6c) and onsighted
Don’t Talk To Strangers (definitely 6c). In between had an exciting belay for Hugo’s very onsight of
Northerners Can’t Climb (E5). Reportedly excellent and looks to have some decent gear albeit not exactly where you want it. Good to see this is still a trad. route, it's worthy of consideration by folk steady on ~Fr7a above natural protection.
A decent week. Had to try-hard a bit and happy to onsight a bouldery 6c or two. Great to climb with Hugo, albeit this weekend was a left-over from a cancelled trip to the Verdon :'(
New crag and two new ukb ticks! Stoney West was a good recommendation from shark: I enjoyed the place and the road noise was not too intrusive on a Sunday. A tree by the main area has a discrete wooden sign The Boss attached. I am not usually a fan of memorials at climbing areas but a quick poll at the crag suggested I was the only person that day who understood what it was about. Its meaning is clear to those who know of his significance and not forced on those who don’t.
Check your knots and so on, before you climb and before you lower, every single time.