Cheedale Cornice Conditions (Read 127179 times)

T_B · June 01, 2009, 03:17:28 pm

Quote from: Falling Down on May 31, 2009, 10:52:34 pm

Nettle Butttress, Two Tier, Max's and Embankment all dry with lots of routes cleaned and seeing ascents.

Did you notice whether the trad on Nettle Buttress (e.g. Summer Wine) were looking clean? Never visited that buttress before...

T_B · June 01, 2009, 03:20:23 pm

Ah, just noticed this thread: http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,9392.60.html

Interested to hear though what the best routes are on Nettle But...

Falling Down · June 01, 2009, 03:44:07 pm

Hi Tom..

I'd get someone to give them a good brush if you are planning an onsight, the whole buttress was very dusty. Summer Wine looks great..

Bonjoy · June 15, 2009, 09:56:28 am

Cornice looking worse than two weeks ago thanks to last weeks big rain, most stuff wet. The notable exceptions being Unleashing, Love Among the Butterflies and the two warm-up 7as on the far right.
Had gone down there with the intention of getting on the Ogre on Chee Tor but this was wet.

slackline · June 30, 2009, 11:38:50 am

Planning on heading to Cheedale this evening, possibly to get on Sirplum, anyone been recently who can report on conditions (also any other HVS-E1's and upto 6c route recommendations that I might have a remote chance of dragging my sorry arse up!!)

Johnny Brown · June 30, 2009, 11:49:17 am

Sirplum certainly looked bone dry the last few times I've walked past. It doesn't take any drainage that I recall.

slackline · June 30, 2009, 11:54:52 am

Cool, cheers JB, thats at least one route for this evening

Johnny Brown · June 30, 2009, 12:16:12 pm

If you like Sirplum, you'll love the Super Indirect, though at E1 4c,5a,4b,4c,5a,5b it might be best saved for the weekend...

cofe · June 30, 2009, 12:23:43 pm

What a route. Take some Haribo.

slackline · June 30, 2009, 12:29:40 pm

Super Indirect sounds amusing.

Cheers for the tip Cofe, will stock up on Haribo, they're on offer at £0.59 at my local shop.

Johnny Brown · June 30, 2009, 01:26:10 pm

From On Peak Rock:

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A stupendous integrale offering some of the most mind-boggling positions in The Peak at this grade. Both members of the party should be capable of leading E1, even (or particularly) when gripped stupid.

cofe · June 30, 2009, 01:47:16 pm

Quote from: Johnny Brown on June 30, 2009, 01:26:10 pm

From On Peak Rock:

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Both members of the party should be capable of ~~leading~~ downclimbing E1, even (or particularly) when gripped stupid.

aly · June 30, 2009, 02:36:01 pm

Did Sirplum on sunday and it's bone dry. It's great apart from the jungle-thrash to get off (take your trainers with you)

slackline · June 30, 2009, 02:39:53 pm

Quote from: aly on June 30, 2009, 02:36:01 pm

Did Sirplum on sunday and it's bone dry. It's great apart from the jungle-thrash to get off (take your trainers with you)

Handy tip there, duly noted and trainers will be taken

The Sausage · July 02, 2009, 07:40:41 am

Anyone been to the cornice lately?

Bonjoy · July 02, 2009, 08:15:55 am

I doubt it's dealling with this humidity well. Last time I walked past (Saturday) it was mostly wet with the usual exceptions on the RH end of the crag. Once this humidity breaks, assuming no major rain bombs, it should get better quickly as there is little seepage in the pipeline.
If you're looking for shady sport route alternatives to the tor/rubicon in this hot weather you could try bits on Chee Tor, Nettle Buttress or Long Tor Quarry. A lot of the steeper places are suffering badly with condensation, although it sounds like the WCJ Cornice is just about climbable.

slackline · July 02, 2009, 08:59:00 am

Despite the noise I made the other we ended up not going due to the showers that passed over Tuesday so I can't comment I'm afraid.

Roaches was nice last night though

T_B · July 02, 2009, 10:01:28 am

Cornice gopping last night. Never seen it so wet. Powerplant wet, even the 6c+ warm up with the nasty crimp move at the start looked wet.

So... http://www.hss.com/g/59286/High-Pressure-Jetter-5000-Psi.html anyone??

Falling Down · July 02, 2009, 11:32:21 am

We often joke about this but I'd happily throw in 20 quid or more to share the rental. I'm not sure what the environmental/reputation concerns might be though if this was bought up at a BMC meeting given the anxiety over ivy removal at Stoney..

Dolly · July 02, 2009, 12:00:47 pm

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I'd happily throw in 20 quid or more to share the rental

So would I.

I'm not sure how easy it would be to get down the dale tho'

The Sausage · July 02, 2009, 12:18:50 pm

...probably blast all the holds off...

Bonjoy · July 02, 2009, 01:32:26 pm

I have actually looked into the idea. You could run the water feed straight from the river. It wouldn't be too hard, just a lot of heavy fetching and carrying. If the crag owners could be brought onboard (pretty doubtfull!!) you might even get permission to drive down the tunnels, hence making the gear lift a LOT easier. Last year I expended a load of effort carting a bunch of bolting gear down to stash at the Cornice, only for the crag to get terminally wet again and have to expend a load more effort a week later bringing it all back out again without bolting a single route!

Johnny Brown · July 02, 2009, 01:37:39 pm

You would also need, as this is a SSSI, permission from Natural England. Might be possible but I wouldn't like to be the one doing the asking...

Falling Down · July 02, 2009, 01:59:53 pm

nik at work · July 02, 2009, 02:22:59 pm

I know this is largely comedy musings but if someone really did want to power wash part of a (suitable) crag I have a petrol power washer that they would be welcome to borrow, it's not as big as the one linked above but is pretty easy to drag around on a couple of wheels and seem plenty powerful enough to me (cleans up gravestones a treat). Not sure if it can suck water out of a barrel/river or whether it needs a water supply with head (oo-err), I'll check when I get home.

So if you're serious then ask the people you need to ask...