[Falling Down]

Completely flooded tonight, I've never seen it so deep.  We walked over to the Cornice (which was running with water) and watched the family of swans were around at the foot of caviar where the path was at least a foot or two underwater.

[Adam Lincoln]

Really good nick this eve. Landings mostly dried out too.

[Doylo]

planning a tor /con hit on sunday

[Adam Lincoln]

How are conditions with all this rain? Flooded again? In particular is caviar dry?

[dobbin]

Would have thought it will be allright to be honest mate. I mean, there has been rain, but the spells have been fairly brief. I would say go for it - fail back to tor if you need it. That said - could be baking.

[dave]

caviar will be dry - even if the river has come into the base of the route there area couple of old pallets knocking about in the bushes you can use to lay a mat on and keep the rope/belayer dry.

[mrjonathanr]

Everything pretty much dry on Sunday.

[dobbin]

...couple of old pallets knocking about in the bushes you can use to lay a mat on and keep the rope/belayer dry.

Last year at one point it got so deep that the stacked pallets with mats on top became a sort of raft. Many a happy hour I spent bobbing around in the filthy water waiting for redpoint attempts. A dinghy and waders might have been more appropriate.

[Adam Lincoln]

caviar will be dry

We will be insitu again tomorrow then if you need another belay at some point. Your only allowed to go for the lead though!

[dave]

cheers for the offer, i'm probably unlikely to be out weds. good luck with it.

[nathan wind]

Was there yesterday morning.. Kudos Wall was bueno...

[Adam Lincoln]

Pretty mint today once sun had moved round

[Kingy]

The unmentionable was just about climbable last night. I thought all was lost until I applied some chalk to the holds to soak up the moisture and it seemed to be OK. On the damp side of 'sticky-damp'.

[Adam Lincoln]

Any one been Rubicon today, flooded? (Kudos in particular?) i assume it has rained as much down the peak way as up here?  Crates have gone missing it seems....

[205Chris]

Kudos wall was dry last night (despite the downpour) and conditions seemed amazing. No big puddles on the ground either (although it did rain all last night as well....)

Bit muddy / wet beneath Rubicon & the warm up traverses.

[dave]

the kudos bit pretty much never floods (ditto the bit where sissy is), you just might have to wade in/out.

[Adam Lincoln]

What was Caviar area like?

[Adam Lincoln]

Has the lake subsided at all yet?

[fiveknuckle21]

It was all looking good on Monday afternoon, although still a little stodgey in parts....

[fiveknuckle21]

That's a point, how's the place up yonder looking?

[Andy B]

Yesterday afternoon the rock at Rubicon was all dry. The bases of Kudos wall and the Sissy was OK, the base of the traverse wall was boggy, the bases of Rubicon and Caviar and Barracuda were under a few inches of water, and the bases of Tribe, DB and TOTBB, were patchy slippy mud and puddles.

The other place was completely drenched in condensation.

[andy_e]

Is the other place likely to dry up soon?

[dave]

its a hard one to call. proper seepage generally takes 2 days to come though. you main enemy is condensation.

[andy_e]

it's been raining for a fair bit longer than 2 days here though, what about over there?

[fiveknuckle21]

It was OK to climb up there yesterday, some seepage around the Pinch area though. Holds felt a little damp in general but climable.