So, what did you all get up to?As it was mingingly hot Me, Fatboy and Mrs Fatboy decided to abandon the sweaty grit and head out of the Peak for a change.We thought we'd go visit a bit of South Lakes Limestone so trudged up the M6 Fairy Steps to do some ticking. I was very pleasantly surprised. We didn't have time to explore the whole place, and the little bit of the lower tier we saw looked a bit mucky, but the upper tier was great. The area to the right of the steps was superb quality limestone with nice, easy but technical problems. It was great to climb on good limestone for the first time in ages. The area to the left of the steps was nice too, but it was getting a bit dark and sweaty by the time we got over there. Amazingly, for such a nice place, and for a crag that has the hardest problem in the UK, we only saw one other boulderer all day. Needless to say, Walk Away sit-start looks impossibly hard - a series of appalling holds up a more or less vertical wall. Pretty much unclimbable in my book - respect to the Gaskins.I'm pretty sure they filmed "Blair Witch" in those woods too.
What's the lower tier like? The bit we saw was pretty mucky, but didn't fully explore away from the steps.
BTW Bubba, should have those clips tonight or tomorrow. How do you want them, on CD?
I embraced the sweaty grit and went to Birchen (yes you heard me right, we had some non-climbing beginners with us).
You drive by Ilkley to get to Caley??? Where do you live, Bingley??
Have you checked out the curious yellow area?
I just miss doing Great western over and over
Is it the gnarly grades, the polish or the cow shit?
There ain't nothing gnarly about almscliff grades Bubba