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#25 Raven Tor conditions reports
May 04, 2005, 08:29:03 am
Perfect conditions and nick last night (Tuesday 3rd May). Most things doable bar routes on extreme left.

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#26 Raven Tor conditions reports
May 04, 2005, 11:42:56 pm
as above, but where have those bloody midges come from?

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#27 Raven Tor conditions reports
May 05, 2005, 02:47:34 pm
Quote from: "saltbeef"
as above, but where have those bloody midges come from?


Anyone about tonite and up for some belaying in return for a spot/belay?

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#28 Raven Tor conditions reports
May 05, 2005, 03:12:59 pm
I'll be there later with the missus, a birkby and a goose. If the goose decides to boulder you might be sorted for a belay.

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#29 Raven Tor conditions reports
May 05, 2005, 04:07:22 pm
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I'll be there later with the missus, a birkby and a goose. If the goose decides to boulder you might be sorted for a belay.


Thanks... It's just started lashing down with rain again here so I'm hoping it'll dry out a bit shortly..

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#30 Raven Tor conditions reports
May 06, 2005, 11:27:22 am
Last night: No change in seepage levels. The mythical sticky-damp was in full force, but some rain was blowing into the crag making things a bit dingey and miserable.

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#31 Raven Tor conditions reports
May 06, 2005, 01:29:37 pm
Anyone going today? I'm free from about 3.30 and will probably head there with a rope, a belay plate and hope in my heart.

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#32 Raven Tor conditions reports
May 11, 2005, 11:17:10 pm
all the bouldering bone dry this eve (even weedkiller trav), still dripping water of the seepage points on the central routes (mecca area etc) as per. everything right of this is dry.
indecent drying up a bit too. warm in the sun though.

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#33 Tor condits Sunday15th May
May 16, 2005, 11:25:31 am
Tor was generally good although pockets on Weedkiller traverse were worse than last week. Mecca OK, Revalations just doable. Everything right of Evolution OK. same old same old really.  Andy

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#34 Raven Tor conditions reports
May 17, 2005, 04:58:37 pm
Anyone going tonight?? will trade a spot or a reciprocal belay..

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#35 Raven Tor conditions reports
May 18, 2005, 09:04:52 am
Sorry dude! Night off tonight!

Quality up there last night, really good nic. Sun was out but in the shade it was proper cold. Foot holds on PB are all finally dry, all RHS routes are fine, all the way to Evolution (which still has a big wet dripping streak in the roof. Then its dry to revelations, jehovakill is still sopping.

Getting there though.

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#36 Raven Tor conditions reports
May 19, 2005, 09:37:13 am
it's too chalky. i cleared out some spiders webs and did a sitstart using a 2-finger undercut and a sidepull. V2 i guess, it starts at the bottom of pump up the power. sorry, but it was the only thing i could do.

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#37 Raven Tor conditions reports
May 19, 2005, 09:43:32 am
don't be surprised if it see's a few repeats tonight and gets downgraded :wink:

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#38 Raven Tor conditions reports
May 19, 2005, 09:45:52 am
shit. i was actually there the other day but forgot to post. how embarassing...

it was still whack but looked v. dry. it was also very midgy...which was weird.

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#39 Raven Tor conditions reports
May 19, 2005, 09:58:14 am
that place was way too hard for me. i couldn't even loink most of the moves on powerband. i couldn't even pull on most of the crimps near powerband.

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#40 Raven Tor conditions reports
May 19, 2005, 11:51:50 am
They're just knacky mate, when someone shows you the way you'll be doing laps on it chatting with your homies like theres no tomorrow. Someone said there was someone lurking in the dirt under flump up the shower - sounds an inspiring line  :wink:

Re the midges - never seen the little blighters before this year. Suspect this is due largely to the excess underarm hair of one Lovejoy character, who's pheromone cheese is attracting them all the way from scotland.

Tuesdays and Thursdays are the nights to go to the tor by the way. The only people who go on a wednesday rarely venture above ground.

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#41 Raven Tor conditions reports
May 19, 2005, 11:59:36 am
maybe the midges are all pilgrims travelling to lovejoy's cheese mecca?


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#42 Raven Tor conditions reports
May 19, 2005, 11:59:44 am
the best days to go to the tor are only the days ending in the letter "y".

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#43 Raven Tor conditions reports
May 19, 2005, 12:13:20 pm
but that's all the days you fool. :roll:

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#44 Raven Tor conditions reports
May 19, 2005, 12:28:20 pm
Hooray! the restrictions are lifted! we can go every night for ever after!

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#45 Raven Tor conditions reports
May 25, 2005, 03:54:23 pm
About 6/10 conditions last night. Not wet or owt, just a bit greasy.

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#46 Raven Tor conditions reports
June 12, 2005, 09:05:07 pm
any ideas what it ll be like tomorrow (monday) ? is there much seepage at the mo ?

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#47 Raven Tor conditions reports
June 13, 2005, 08:14:06 am
For bouldering everything is dry at the mo. Virtually all routes dry enough to do now apart from Make it Funky, Jehovah Kill and the scrappy routes left of the Indecent tree.

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#48 Raven Tor conditions reports
June 27, 2005, 09:17:27 am
everything bar possibly the stuff left of indecent was dry on satdy (didn't look to closeley at the big routes though). start holds of bens roof were a bit damp ,but other than that was all bo.

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#49 Raven Tor conditions reports
October 06, 2005, 09:38:57 am
Ended up at the tor on Tues after being seeped off at Thor's. Early signs of seepage starting to show at the tor too, nothing too bad though and all the bouldering still fine.
 Took advantage of the fact I had brought with me a resin gun with me in order to stabilise a foothold on Thormens, to remove, clean and re-stick two very wobbly holds on Weedkiller trav and one on Ben's Roof, which were about to fall off. All three holds were ones which were held on with glue already prior to coming loose. Figured it was better for me to do this now rather than wait for someone to possibly do themself a mischief ripping them off mid-problem, then loose/take home/throw away the bits.

 

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