WCJ Cornice Conditions.... (Read 93415 times)

leeroy · May 29, 2012, 09:42:42 am

will have a look today as going to the moat.

Three Nine · May 29, 2012, 11:00:45 am

Ace, cheers! Do you think you could have a look at the auctioneer?

leeroy · May 29, 2012, 09:09:11 pm

sorry hadnt seen the comment!

it was getting there. some small seepge lines on brachiation. free monster looked okish and the routes to the right were getting there.

give it a few days then head down i would say, although things can always be dried!

MrF · June 08, 2012, 04:41:07 pm

Any news on conditions?

Three Nine · June 08, 2012, 08:36:12 pm

Will be utterly fucked i imagine after last couple of days.

Three Nine · June 15, 2012, 09:40:56 am

Anyone had a look in the last couple of days?

B-Bird · April 24, 2013, 10:02:30 pm

Brach is still climbable, although Guy would probs disagree that it was 'dry'.

Free monster on the other hand is probably swaying towards being too wet. Basically all the good holds are wet early on, so you cant dry your hands for the crux (which is dry).

Also how high above the insitu draws are you supposed to go on free monster, and where exactly?

scottygillery · April 24, 2013, 10:12:09 pm

From memory. It finishes about same height as BD. so your hands are over the lip but not feet. The finish was maybe a short persons span to the right of BD. remember it being a good hold - fairly obvious I thought.

B-Bird · April 24, 2013, 10:43:08 pm

I couldn't find any good holds haha! Just some slopey flakes. Maybe I wasn't looking hard enough......

Neil F · April 24, 2013, 11:16:18 pm

Quote from: scottygillery on April 24, 2013, 10:12:09 pm

It finishes about same height as BD. so your hands are over the lip but not feet...

Hang on! Whenever I've done Brachiation Dance (first time back in the late 80's, other time about 6 years ago) I've pulled over the finishing roof - not easy - scrambled up the slope above and abbed off a tree.

Isn't that what everyone does....?

Neil

grimer · April 24, 2013, 11:53:50 pm

You abbed off a tree! I dug me heels in and brought up my second then spent the night with our feet in the rucksack cuddling each other.

Dolly · April 25, 2013, 10:00:12 am

Rucsack ?

Luxury

Wood FT · April 25, 2013, 10:19:19 am

Quote from: Oli Grounsell on April 24, 2013, 10:43:08 pm

Maybe I wasn't looking hard enough......

should've used a better headtorch

scottygillery · April 25, 2013, 05:07:09 pm

Quote from: Neil F on April 24, 2013, 11:16:18 pm

Quote from: scottygillery on April 24, 2013, 10:12:09 pm
It finishes about same height as BD. so your hands are over the lip but not feet...

Hang on! Whenever I've done Brachiation Dance (first time back in the late 80's, other time about 6 years ago) I've pulled over the finishing roof - not easy - scrambled up the slope above and abbed off a tree.

Isn't that what everyone does....?

Neil

Are you confusing it with Bramble Dance?

Wood FT · April 26, 2013, 12:18:29 pm

According to a mate both Moat Buttress and Crunch Buttress are dry as of Wednesday evening.

Fidders · May 02, 2013, 03:38:12 pm

The key pre crux holds on Free Monster are now dry. A few of the holds in the break below are damp, but it's climbable without using them.

PetePostlethwaite · May 03, 2013, 03:16:21 pm

All looking fairly dry now.

Brachiation Dance had 3 ascents last night.

A mate was on Rumble. He was moaning about it being hard rather than wet or dirty.

Albatrossity should be doable after a clean...

B-Bird · May 05, 2013, 11:08:28 am

Yeah rumble is pretty dry apart from some dampish pockets before the dyno, a few days it should all be good.

205Chris · May 10, 2013, 09:04:02 pm

Was down this afternoon. The big pocket below the 3rd clip on Free Monster was a bit damp but could be dried with a towel, rest was fine.

The 7a+ at the left was fine.

Brachiation Dance looked well chalked and dry but didn't actually go on it.

Three Nine · May 11, 2013, 06:06:10 pm

Ethan said all dry today

mark · May 17, 2013, 10:38:02 pm

Lots of wetness today. Big wet patches on pretty much every route. The first break was wet all along the crag and there were drops pouring from the tops of most routes.

MattW · June 04, 2013, 11:56:17 am

Does anyone know if things have dried out again here after the good weather?
Cheers
Matt

B-Bird · June 06, 2013, 01:54:37 pm

Heard rumours that this is fairing better than Chee dale cornice. Anyone confirm?

Jerry Morefat · June 06, 2013, 02:14:10 pm

Went down yesterday and can confirm it is fairing better the Chee cornice, as in there are some sections of dry rock! However, every route is seeping badly in its bottom half and none seemed climbable.

205Chris · June 09, 2013, 04:17:23 pm

I don't want to jinx anything here but it's starting to look climbable again. My mate cleaned Brachiation and it was climbable even if a couple of holds were damp.

The jug above the 2nd bolt of Free Monster was seeping and the 3 finger pocket was a bit damp but other than that it was all dry.

Fingers crossed the dry spell continues.......