WCJ Cornice Conditions.... (Read 93351 times)

account_inactive · July 24, 2011, 12:24:43 am

Quote from: Paul B on July 24, 2011, 12:17:01 am

I feel like I'm talking to myself here but anyway I glued up a few things today:

Foothold on Free Monster (if this comes off I suggest it gets thrown in the river)
Auctioneer,
and the jug on Rumble, this was (and still could be) a nasty surprise waiting for someone as the glue/sika had fractured around the whole hold. I did my best to secure it but without it ripping off and being glued fully it could deteriorate again.

If anyone encounters a greasy residue on any of the glue-jobs, sorry, its the nature of the resin and will disappear in a while.

Will they be at fulll strength tomorrow? Especially the Rumble jug

Paul B · July 24, 2011, 01:18:02 pm

yes, 3 mins to gel, 60 minutes to full load (@ 20'c)...

Steamboat Stello · July 24, 2011, 10:01:31 pm

Nice one Paul.

If I can persuade someone to belay me I'll get on FM one evening this week.

dafrob · July 29, 2011, 11:59:04 pm

Just been down, everything still looks dry, but pretty greasy!
Thanks for gluing the jug on Rumble, unfortunately looks like the glue has not gone off right... It's still very soft, like paste and still wet...

Paul B · July 30, 2011, 12:27:20 am

ah shit, it went off ok on the other two (and my test pebbles at ground level). Apologies if this causes anyone an inconvenience. Someone else who's heading there tomorrow said he'll take a look and try and remove any gloop.

DaveRedpath · August 02, 2011, 08:38:19 pm

On the glue note, sorry but pulled the first good crimp of eclipsed today. Its the one level with the bolt stub on the proj to left. Don't know if this changes the difficulty much and is worth sticking back on. Hold is sitting below coated in chalk.

Steamboat Stello · August 11, 2011, 11:49:35 pm

All dry this evening but conditions not that great. Plus its dark by 9pm now

Getting towards the end of summer evening sessions for me at least.

ding dong · August 12, 2011, 07:51:32 am

Quote from: Paul B on July 30, 2011, 12:27:20 am

ah shit, it went off ok on the other two (and my test pebbles at ground level). Apologies if this causes anyone an inconvenience. Someone else who's heading there tomorrow said he'll take a look and try and remove any gloop.

not sure if this is the case here but ive noticed(after an initial error!) that although the first small test blob is mixed there follows a suprisingly large spurt of unmixed, maybe a full nozzles worth, before the True mixing starts. something to be aware of, particulary when bolting as i was.

Paul B · August 12, 2011, 11:20:17 am

I was told that it was only some gloop in the back of the hold that hadn't hardened and that the edge seal was all fine and dandy. Everything I took home in the bag I squeezed the first parts out into ha gone rock solid. The stuff in question (Fishers styrene free resin), seems to leave a nasty greasy residue all over to start with.

J_duds · August 28, 2011, 07:19:18 pm

Anyone been to wcj cornice recently, and can report on the crag conditions?
Cheers John

Johnny Brown · August 28, 2011, 07:46:40 pm

Wandered past about an hour ago. All looked bone to me, though I wasn't climbing.

scottski · September 16, 2011, 02:07:04 pm

Has anyone been to the Cornice at Water Cum Jolly in the last couple of days?? Was wondering whether its dry around brachiation dance??

Johnny Brown · September 16, 2011, 02:46:53 pm

Not been since the 30th, but it was bone dry. I wouldn't expect any condensation today so it should be okay.

scottski · September 17, 2011, 07:58:51 am

Ok great will head down there and check it out today cheers

Three Nine · October 12, 2011, 10:44:44 am

Anyone know how its looking here?

AB · March 25, 2012, 10:30:08 pm

Had a look yesterday, not looking too bad, the left and right sides mostly dry with a few damp patches. Central section is wet with dry streaks. Fingers crossed and it'll be dry soon

wsmith · May 12, 2012, 11:45:41 am

Any news on how this is doing?

highrepute · May 12, 2012, 01:40:54 pm

Is will be soaked at the minute. And need a good dry spell to dry out so might not be dry for a while!

MrF · May 21, 2012, 12:04:22 am

Any news on if Free Monster is in condition at the moment?

cheers

Paul B · May 23, 2012, 12:03:02 am

I checked here tonight after a session on Moat buttress.

Unfortunately its not dry and didn't look great. The first break was a gopping black streak and the upper roofs were saturated and dripping.

MrF · May 23, 2012, 12:08:32 am

Hi Paul,

Thanks for update. Fingers crossed for a long dry spell.

Cheers

Bonjoy · May 23, 2012, 08:19:29 am

The current windless, hot, high pressure is classic condensation weather. Everything steep which doesn’t catch much sun or breeze is likely to be in terrible nick, regardless of rain volumes, or the underlying level of seepage. On the upside it is the sort of bad nick that one cool breezy day will cure.

Paul B · May 23, 2012, 12:52:07 pm

I must be more pessimistic than I realise if that's going to dry out after one day of good conditions...

Bonjoy · May 23, 2012, 01:15:28 pm

I didn't say it was dry under the condensation. Haven’t been on the lime for weeks.
Bear in mind though that apparently dry crags often have a low level of seepage which evaporates before it causes problems in good drying weather. When humidity is up it doesn't evaporate and appears worse than it is.

Three Nine · May 29, 2012, 09:41:30 am

Anyone had a look in the last day or so?