[Bonjoy]

Hear ye, hear ye, it's the Google Earth crag quiz. Object being to name the crag, buttress or boulder. All are Peak or Yorkshire Grit. Using the co-ordinates to search is definitely cheating, ok!
 All images are orientated so that up is north.

1. An easy starter for you. Name the boulder.


2. Name the quarry. Fairly easy.

 
3. Name the boulder. Moderately tricky.


4. Name the boulder. Pretty piss.

 
5. Name the crag. Medium.


6. Name the crag. This is part of a 3D area, hence the distortion. Not too hard.


7. Name the bouldering venue and extra point for naming the big block. Medium.


8. Name the boulders. Easy


9. Name the crag and buttress. Piss


10. Name the boulder. Hard.


11. Name the boulder. Easy.


12. Name the bouldering venue. Extremely hard!

[SA Chris]

1) You really can see the chalk on Deliverance from space!

Cool pics, no time to guess them all.

[Stubbs]

Good call Bonos!

7: Caley roadside, big block is great flake/high fidelity boulder?

11: Mother cap?

Is 9 Froggatt?

[fatneck]

1: The Pebble
2: Hobson Moor?
3: -
4: -
5: Shipley Glen?
6: Burbage South?
7: Caley (Blockbuster?? Complete guess as I've never been and don't have the Yorks guide to hand)
8: -
9: Froggatt?
10: - Sugar Loaf?
11: Mother Cap
12: -

That's my effort AND off the top of my head!
Good idea Bonjoy!

[Bonjoy]

All but one answer correct so far, but I'm not going to give anymore in the way of clues/answers for a while now.
Edit: Written before I saw Fatneck's post

[Graeme]

4 is the tank, bbg sth
8 Buckstone

[fatneck]

I knew it :D

[Bonjoy]

Eight out of twelve have been correctly answered so far.

[Stubbs]

6: Wimberry
12 Gardoms, mark's roof area?

[fatneck]

To recap;

1: The Pebble, Stanage Plantation.
2: Hobson Moor.
3:
4: The Tank, Burbage South.
5: Shipley Glen.
6: Wimberry?
7: Caley Roadside, Big Block...?
8: The Buckstone, Stanage.
9:
10:
11: Mother Cap.
12: Gardoms?

Any clues hints or tips yet Bonjoy?
Which of these is the 8?

[SA Chris]

Is 9 Wharcliffe Mark? It looks like her.

[Bonjoy]

Nine out of twelve have been correctly identified

[Johnny Brown]

3. is Ilkley, the Calf

9. is Rivelin, Blizzard ridge on left to Brush off on right, pinnacle in centre

[Bonjoy]

Good work, that leaves only number twelve which I doubt anyone is going to guess in a hurry!
1. The pebble
2. Hobby Moor
3. The Calf
4. The Tank boulder BB south
5. Shipley Glen
6. Wimbery
7. Caley Roadside, Great Flake block
8. Buckstone
9. Rivelin Pinnacle area
10. Wimbery Sugar loaf (good work!)
11. Mother's Pet
12. ??

Obviously I'll have to make the next lot tougher  :twisted:

[SA Chris]

On the money JB, on both of those. Is that the lot Jonboy?

[Bonjoy]

All but twelve, which is a minor Peak venue of the utmost esotericity.

[Johnny Brown]

My first thought was moorside rocks, but I don't think track the track fits, and  there doesn't seem to be a jackaloupe

[fatneck]

10. Wimbery Sugar loaf (good work!)

Why thank you! Was sure it was except for the fact that the Sloping Top blocks seemed to be missing!

[Johnny Brown]

Or could 12 be the south end of Carhead rocks?

[account_inactive]

Is that the start of Derwent?

[andy_e]

Is 12 Houndkirk Tor?

[bigphil]

Carhead Rocks?  And if I've got the name wrong I mean those rocks in front of stanage popular end car park.

[Bubba]

I think the fact that the grid reference is printed on the pics rather gives them all away.

[Obi-Wan is lost...]

Is it near a folly?  :wink:

[bigphil]

I think the fact that the grid reference is printed on the pics rather gives them all away.

there's always one who comes up with a practical suggestion... :wink:

[SA Chris]

I think the fact that the grid reference is printed on the pics rather gives them all away.

Bonjoy did say in the first post

Using the co-ordinates to search is definitely cheating, ok!

[Bubba]

Ah, sorry

Bet everyone cheated anyway though.

[fatneck]

I hope not cos I bloody didn't!
That's not to say I wasn't tempted  :wink:

[Bonjoy]

Yes it's near a folly. It isn't Houndkirk,Carhead or Moorside.

[SA Chris]

Aha. Earl Crag?

[Bubba]

All but twelve, which is a minor Peak venue of the utmost esotericity.

[SA Chris]

Bugger. In hindsight, a bollcks answer anyway, just the folly bit got me going, along with the road. The only bit of Earl that close to the road is a shite quarry.

[fatneck]

12: Newstones?

[Graeme]

Its not White Edge is it?

[Bonjoy]

Correct, it's not White Edge

[grimer]

wolf edge?

[Jim]

looks like it but where's the farm?
also wolf edge may be described as esoteric but its much better than bonjoy is describing it as "utmost esotericity" which must mean its utter, utter shit

[Falling Down]

Is it that little place above Strines reservoir... near that tower (folly?)

[Bonjoy]

Good effort that man, it is that place. Be honest now, did you use the co-ordinates?
 AKA Iain's roof, a one boulder venue with various problems up to 7c+/8a

[Falling Down]

Good effort that man, it is that place. Be honest now, did you use the co-ordinates?

Nope - didn't use the coordinates... I've never actually climbed there but have sat there incredibly dehydrated on a long fell run a few years ago and it was etched into my mind.  It was the folly bit that gave it away and the proximity of the road on the picture.

[Bonjoy]

In that case I salute your crag wisdom sir.

[grimer]

good quiz bonjoy.

[Falling Down]

Yeah good quiz... also top marks to Google for extending the coverage in the UK.. they just missed my house by mile.

[Stubbs]

For any Google Earth geeks out there i've got one of the map files that a friend started working on that shows you the locations of crags in the UK, it's not comprehensive, but it's pretty cool.  And no i didn't use it in this quiz - i wouldn't have got so many wrong then!

[SA Chris]

Ive been looking at it, and not all places seem to have as good a resolution as those that Bonjoy posted. Do I not have the full version or something?

Good quiz though, even though I was useless.

[Sypeland]

Ive been looking at it, and not all places seem to have as good a resolution as those that Bonjoy posted. Do I not have the full version or something?

Good quiz though, even though I was useless.

A lot of the more rural areas have quite shite resolution, which is a pitty as it would be brilliant for seeking out potential new esoterica.

[Stubbs]

Do I not have the full version or something?

There was another update done recently, it might be worth checking for that, as that's what increased the resoulution in the peak and in the leeds/bradhuddersfax region.

 It's a shame that almscliff and earl are both just off the edge of the increased resolution area.

[hongkongstuey]

A lot of the more rural areas have quite shite resolution, which is a pitty as it would be brilliant for seeking out potential new esoterica.

I must admit to using this method for searching for stuff out here - our company has got a 600mb file of a recent ortho-rectified aerial photo for the whole of HK. It's still not amazing resolution but sure as hell helps you to target the main areas of interest.