[Johnny Brown]

Gus and I did one on the wall to the right of ICR called Inaquality a few years ago. It was a boulder problem of about F7a? I don't know if it's the same one you're thinking of.

No, that's to the right again, you showed it to me last year.

[grimer]

You're very good at photographins Ina's, Adam.

[Idol eyes]

Thinking of a conversation with (we are not worthy) Zaff Ali, years ago... sharing the same fascination of numerology, we discused the E grade system being quantified within the E1-11 margin, encompassing all routes...
I thought of a hypothetical system that would actually work perfectly for bouldering...
The Universal System.
Its a crap system designer to evaluate difficulty of problems whilst measuring height and mapping the Crux moves, to my knowledge no other problem does this...
each meter of a problem has either a 1, or a 0... so 1 means hard, 0 means easy... an x means the crux...
for example,
can some one post the map for the following...
Ben's roof.
Power/Stamina Band.
Inertia reel.
and Thumbellina!
something like The green traverse with the dope start would be
10X0...
something like Deliverance would be
01
so OK, I have gone insane... but totally having fun stuck in London.
Any feedback welcome,
PS its like a joke...
but not funny!

[Adam Lincoln]

Shot of Westie climbing Thumbelina.
Seems the travelling Americans did it too.

[AndiT]

Great stuff! Loving the ghostly spotters!

[Adam Lincoln]

Shot of Westie climbing Thumbelina.
Seems the travelling Americans did it too.

I was just wadded for this pic. Can i just point out i didn't take it!

[AndiT]

Check out page 84 of the Staffs guide, I think he's been cut and pasted!

[Caesar Power]

my god...   

[andy_e]

Great stuff! Loving the ghostly spotters!

Loving the ghostly boot on the finishing jug!

[dave k]

Check out page 84 of the Staffs guide, I think he's been cut and pasted!

Spot on!

[BenF]

I was just wadded for this pic. Can i just point out i didn't take it!

Very honest Adam, nice one.  But it stands as waddage for your recent shots and the various photos taken by others that you've linked to - such as the great Parthian Shot photo.

[Gus]

Andi Mate you got too much time on your hands dude!!

[Johnny Brown]

just to add some further info to the tree 'mystery', a couple of tree-surgeons in the employ of alton towers strolled over when we were last there. seems they have plenty to keep them busy hereabouts. stupidly it didn't occur to us to ask them if they had been involved, but with them and the fact that its popular with parties of schoolkids suggests it may have been.

[JC]

Some Ina's action from last week. If you haven't been here yet you should definately check it out. Highly recommended! Good work Andi & others! 

[T_B]

Nice video.

So has the stump from Cornelius gone pretty much completely then? I'd be keen to go back and try it if the landing could be made reasonably flat.

[Johnny Brown]

Doesn't look like it. Its about 2 foot high and not in an ideal place. You can drop off fine without hitting it, though falling (or snapping the crimp) off on the crux move would be a different story.

Nice vid Jon! Is this the start of a bolder direction in your climbing?

[T_B]

or snapping the crimp

What are you saying? 

[Johnny Brown]

I didn't really dare pull on it, it seemed very fragile.

[Bonjoy]

or snapping the crimp

What are you saying? 

I think he's trying to imply you have moobs

[JC]

Doesn't look like it. Its about 2 foot high and not in an ideal place. You can drop off fine without hitting it, though falling (or snapping the crimp) off on the crux move would be a different story.

Nice vid Jon! Is this the start of a bolder direction in your climbing?

Don't hold your breath     I certainly wouldn't want to go any higher than those two routes!

The crimp didn't seem that bad to me, if i remember it is still part of the main rock, unlike the flakey one on Thumbelina which i reckon will definately come off at some point!

[AndiT]

Cool video, nice one!  I should get down there some time.

[JC]

Andi  do you know owt about the Cornelius/Thumbelina link-up??  I was trying this briefly when i was there and didn't realise it had already been done.  You know who did it and what grade it is?? I thought it would be about 7c/+ ish...   really hard span move to gain the crimps on Thumbelina!

[AndiT]

Yeah, Pete Whittaker did it. In the E7 bracket, perhaps fb7c? Another difficult one to grade, I know that he was struggling to do the rock up on Cornelius, so started playing on this version instead and found it easier, take from that what you will!

On the day he did it, Ryan flashed all three of them 

[JC]

I know that he was struggling to do the rock up on Cornelius, so started playing on this version instead and found it easier, take from that what you will!