[Aussiegav]

the drop in temp and blue skies. going out today. hopefully its stays like this til march!!!!

i feel for those who have to work when its like this

[Jim]

I don't. I'm off out myself in half hour.
been waiting for it to be like this all year

[Aussiegav]

may see you out!!
can't wait....
i'll be at burbage nord...

[dontfollowme]

All I could do was look forward to my trip to Font in a month as the platform announcer informed me my train was cancelled

[Obi-Wan is lost...]

i feel for those who have to work when its like this

Grrrrrrrr. 

[Nibile]

i may as well be at work now, but only cos its a rest day.

tomorrow, with sun, wind, 10° and 25% humidity...dont search for me here.

[Falling Down]

the drop in temp and blue skies. going out today. hopefully its stays like this til march!!!!

i feel for those who have to work when its like this

Jammy sod - are you free tomorrow arvo and Saturday??

[Paul B]

i'm hoping it holds till at least saturday, then maybe the lack of skin wont be so extreme and i can get back out, hardcore early again in order to get those -2 temps.

[fatboySlimfast]

Burbage south was amazing this morn/afternoon, warm int sun, baltic in shade! saw me get a couple of thins i had never done before and come off the top of what i thought would be a bit of a long term affair. All very good, may it continue thus!

[Blunk]

Fantastic conditions here as well, 35 F, sunny, mild breeze. Had the best day climbing in months.

Nothing like sticky rock to build enthusiasm!   

[Nibile]

hmmm, judging by the count of posts today, conditions must be brilliant.
i bet everybody else is at the pub now talking about the sends, or having a well deserved very hot shower, or (the most cynical and nasty) at the gym smiling at the poor bastards that train indoor after a work day...

[Aussiegav]

Jammy sod - are you free tomorrow arvo and Saturday??

says he who surfed spain for a week then gets ireland off its tits then gloats with pics!

[Aussiegav]

burbage was pretty good early doors when wind really chilled it down. did a line i've spied for a long time but always bottled it. 'safe bet' good problem don't know why i bottled for so long now i have done it..

a new problem has been sent!!
the lip opposite voyager, on the same roof.
similiar moves, called Sputnik. 7b.. the poors man's voyager 
landing is not good,but with  a sturdy pad on boulders and another next cleo's arete. job done. sent by mr moon...

[Paul B]

how did he do on voyager s.s?

[dave]

a new problem has been sent!!
the lip opposite voyager, on the same roof.

how does this finish? doesn't that lip run into the top of cleos edge?

[Sloper]

I've got most of the day off tomorrow (courtesy of a 4am start) so will be in the peak, probably Burbage esoterica, but who knows!

[Aussiegav]

SPUTNIK 7B

traverse left along lip to obvious good hold, up to mono then up faint slopey feature. gaining good holds to glory.. your head goes fairly close to the block behind  but if you get to mono but no further you may swing off missing the pad on the boulder and splatting under cleo's .

it was a classic tale me cleaning it up trying it, then he swans along and does it .....
reminds me of a thread about projects and 'ownership'.
however it climbs very nicely though. well worth doing..

[Idol eyes]

Looks good for you guys...

[Houdini]

Not exactly naff on Lleyn gabbro today either - lovely it was.

[andy_e]

It was fucking boiling at almscliff today. I had my top off and everything. It was perfect conditions in the shade though.

[Mike Tyson]

Tops off for power, good lad!!!

[Aussiegav]

It was fucking boiling at almscliff today. I had my top off and everything. It was perfect conditions in the shade though.

global warming..... todays 7c's will next generations 8bs and so on and so forth.
so keep a list of what you've done tell the grandkids you did loads of 8's!!!!!! just don't tellem when

[andy_e]

Tops off for power, good lad!!!

Power-shouts were in order too, of course, had to put on a show for the top-roping outdoor group!

[Fiend]

Tops off for power, good lad!!!

At least here on UKBouldering people realise that there might just be some sense to: Warm conditions = wear less clothes to reduce overheating/sweatiness 

[Bonjoy]

SPUTNIK 7B

traverse left along lip to obvious good hold, up to mono then up faint slopey feature. gaining good holds to glory.. your head goes fairly close to the block behind  but if you get to mono but no further you may swing off missing the pad on the boulder and splatting under cleo's .

I don't get this. As dave says, doesnt this lip bump into the Cleo's block at about half way?? Does the prob climb the lip before (finishing up slab) or after (finishing at top of Sphinx/Voyager) this point?

[Paul B]

this may help:



I had a quick campus around on the start 'later' on this morning but my skin was just too damn sore to warrent a proper attempt, the block didn't seem to interfere with the lip traverse however the landing is very sketchy with some serious bouncing down the hill potential.

[slackline]

I had a quick campus around on the start 'later' on this morning but my skin was just too damn sore to warrent a proper attempt

Given the thread in the news section I'm not surprised!!!!

[bigphil]

Yesterday was gowgeous.  Had the day off and ticked two long standing nemisii and did a few others I'd not done at Eagle Tor.  Conditions look good today too, though I am at work today.  Bugger.

[Paul B]

if conditions hold, tomorrow looks really good from early on for all you people who are stuck in work today, I was paranoid yesterday that it wouldnt hold and next weeks slightly warmer predictions would ruin play.
I reckon sputnik deserves some team attention (i.e enough pads to fill the hole)?

[Aussiegav]

i just used one big pad under the traverse.just to make it level. then when ben turned up he put his under cleo's arete...
glad you like the look of it..let us know the opinion of grade..

[Idol eyes]

Me and Pete did a new route in the mountains near Olen, its called "Over the wall".
We basicly escaped from the confines that detained us, because the weather turned shit hot, and we got the feaver... our dutch boss would not let us out of his sight, because of the close proximity to the boozer...
so we escaped...

[Nibile]

friday and saturday were perfect here.
two days under the project, absolutely alone in the wood.
complete silence, with only the mantra of the sequence in my head.
fell on the last hold, and i realized i was happy nonetheless.

success wasnt everything, i was feeling so peaceful and fullfilled, that finishing the problem would have added something, but not much. i didnt dare, nor feel, to scream or swear as i fell from the last move, it would have meant being unrespectful.

but that was saturday.
NOW ITS TIME TO FU*****ING DO IT.

[fatboySlimfast]

Just got back from an unbelievably hot burbage, it was fucking cooking. Burbage west was well warm even out of the sun

[Paul B]

you need to get up earlier,burbage north was freezing at 7 left at 9, stanage was ok till about 10.

[Aussiegav]

anybody repeated sputnik yet?

[Blunk]

40 degrees warmer today than last week!!!! Grease, sweat and tears and no sends to be had.

I hate global warming.

[Nibile]

if everything here goes well, in couple hours ill be pullin.
then tomorrow i leave for the dolomites!!!!
just a little bit of mountain setting before the snow!!!

[Resonate]

damn the weather was fine!!!

i sent a V7 arete at Easdon Tor on Dartmoor on my first visit, i've never done tha tgrade on granite before... pretty stoked really!

more cold weather plz...

[Nibile]

here i am at work again.
i must have posted in the wrong thread: poor poor conditions, incredibly humid, and almost 20°!!!!!!!!!!
unfinished business again.

[richdraws]

Oooh I like the cold I do. Drove down to Almscliff today, bagged me a steves wall and had a wander up to have a look at this Jess' roof.

Its quite stunning! I cant believe how long it is 

I tried a few grittier problems today but its not quite cold enough yet. Bloody sunshine.

[Nibile]

no problems with hot where im going for the weekend

città dei sassi, under the sassolungo

[Falling Down]

Looks fantastic! Have a great trip

[Nibile]

i doubt it will be as sunny...
friction will be top, though.

[fatneck]

friction will be top, though

and that's what matters! Enjoy!

[Aussiegav]

another great weekend. ask ben moon, top conditions, any one else had major success!!

[Blunk]

No great success, but I did manage the crux on my project 5 times in a row, now just have to keep it together for the back slapping crossover move and the slightly rotten/lichenous/scary topout.

Thank god for doubled-up pads, I slipped out of a greasy sloper pocket unexpectedly and slammed hard, and I do mean hard from about 8 feet up onto my side. Whuff!

[Nibile]

i spent the saturday on the couch, ans the sunday on plastic (first comp of my life).
talk about english weather...

[Dr T]

the sunday on plastic (first comp of my life).

how'd you get on???

[Nibile]

i did well and got 4th at the regionals, 7th overall. (and NO, WE WERE NOT 7)
problem is:
i was way stronger than those who came behind me, and way weaker than those who won...
also:
a climber whos really much stronger than me missed three holds on a problem he could have done with me attached to his back, and was out for this.
thats only plastic.
oh and i won a boreal backpack directly from the 80s. square and rigid just to spoil your back...