[SA Chris]

Definitely noticed one this morning, first time this year. Has it reached down south? Wonder if it's the start of some cooler, dryer conditions or just a brief blip?

[dave]

just a blip i recon. in the peak its forecast to be 26deg over the weekend.

[Falling Down]

Just a blip - that low that passed over on Saturday and early Sunday is dragging a northerly airflow down for a few days although it did feel very Autumn like in Wales yesterday.  The forecast for the end of the week is for sunshine and warm weather.  I'm not complaining though as we've had such a crap summer we could do with sunny weather.

[Jim]

was a nice cool 12 degree's at bbg north t'other day, working blind fig

[Johnny Brown]

Look at you. Twas baltic at the cowperstone last night

[Jim]

another day forecast in the low teens with nearly 100% cloud covwer and a good breeze.
not good for photo's but good for climbing.
I'll be at stanage in a few hours 

[Somebody's Fool]

If anyone wants to meet up with Jim, he'll be working The Ace.

[Falling Down]

I just drove through the Peak to visit my Opticians in Sheffield and it's a good day for bouldering.  Down to 11 degrees at Burbage with a breeze and cloud cover.  I have to work now for the rest of the day unfortunately.

[dave]

I may even have to resort to a grit session tonight, as I fear the tor will be no good. Every cloud has a gritstone lining.

[Jim]

drop us a line on the 2-way d-dog, we should be still out.
We'll show you how real men climb on grit

[dave]

We'll show you how real men climb on grit

Thats the spirit, footworks for bummers etc etc.

[moose]

One day I really hope to get rid of the finger numbness that stops me from climbing well in winter and experience this whole "grit conditions" voodoo.  This last week I've been climbing as well as ever (sent Si's Arete in the midday sun and fell off last move of Underhand on monday, just failed to hang last hold of Fight on Black on tuesday etc) and really am curious to see whether I would be climbing harder in colder weather. 

Still, I admit to recently developing a compulsion to boulder on limestone so I guess I must respond to the changing seasons at some base level (like a swallow in Spring!).  I wonder if any appropriate experiments have ever been done in those "bio-domes" - would a climber, kept isolated for years at a time, still remain tune with the external seasons by their unconscious prediliction for fondling in situ grit or lime boulders... any volunteers?! 

[Nibile]

its cold and rainy down here.
good forecast for magic wood, on the other hand.
(very very strong) fingers crossed.

[Jim]

boiling hot over here now. cocktail and cigar weather.
got a box of monte cristo no.3's on there way 
having a quick ladder session to make sure the guns are still firing tho

[Somebody's Fool]

 

[Dr T]

Definitely noticed one this morning, first time this year. Has it reached down south? Wonder if it's the start of some cooler, dryer conditions or just a brief blip?

it's been pissing it down in surrey for days......
so much for summer effing holidays
 

[a dense loner]

only down there dr t. been out ont grit every day this wk. (apart from today which was still nice but wouldn't have sounded as dramatic)

[Nibile]

sorry to resurrect this but...
finally fall is here.

tomorrow and sunday:
sunny.
7° at 2 pm
NE winds 30 kmh
wind chill -3°

feel the power.

[SA Chris]

Was cold and crisp up here last weekend, and looks the same for this one. First frosts this week.

[andy_e]

There's definitely a chill in my north-facing gets-no-sun-whatsoever-and-we-can't-afford-heating bedroom so I'm off to caley tomorrow to stick to some slopers, and hopefully do Horn Left Arete (which I won't do now I've said I'll hopefully get it)

[Jim]

Wednesday was fuckin baltic at burbage earl, too cold for dense and beef.

Nibs, we call it autumn

[saltbeef]

it was merely an excuse to get a bit of "space" with dense.
anyway my car was frosted to the hilt on leaving work thismorning, would be keen to get out except i should go to bed.

[Stubbs]

Gonna be mint this morning i reckon, but if the cloud stays off it could warm up pretty quickly in the afternoon - I hope to hear of projects falling in these good temps!

[Dr T]

heading peakwards Thursday morning so here's hoping it stays chilly.....

[Andy F]

Hope these cool conditions last until Friday when I'm off to Thorn Crag for the first Grit of the season. Upper Tier Malham tomorrow should be well grippy in the cool. Here's hoping...

[Nibile]

yesterday was absolutely baltic.
might have been even too cold for really good friction, because i kept sliding off on the slopey traverse.

[dave]

was fucking boiling in brimham satdy. t-shirt weather.

[Stubbs]

Was mint up at Simon's Seat on saturday - t shirt whilst climbing but hoody on in between goes.  Really good conditions in the shade.  Went to Apparent North yesterday afternoon and it still a bit too warm in the sun but good in the shade and really good after about 5 when the sun dipped and that haze came over - more weekends like that please!

[SA Chris]

Let's hope it's good on the w/e 2/3/4 Nov when I am planning on making the annual grit pilgrimage.

[Jim]

well all you losers that thrashed your skin over the warm weekend have just missed the best conditions of the year so far today.
The crags were practically deserted

[Falling Down]

I sought the shade of Burbage Sth Edge on Sunday and having done very little bouldering this Summer I'm now very sore in the arms and back today.

[dave]

well all you losers that thrashed your skin over the warm weekend have just missed the best conditions of the year so far today.
The crags were practically deserted

yes thats strange, most crags are usually packed on weekdays.

[Stubbs]

well all you people who have full time jobs and can't climb on mondays that thrashed your skin over the warm weekend have just missed the best conditions of the year so far today.
The crags were practically deserted

That's more like it....

[Jim]

It is half term, ie school holidays

[dave]

not in south yorkshire its not.

[saltbeef]

It is half term, ie school holidays

we're not all at school jim.

[andy_e]

Amazing conditions today, and I FINALLY DID DEMON WALL ROOF! YES YES FUCKING YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! 
So chuffed, 10 sessions after first pulling on to it, I absolutely cruised it first go! My first V7! 

[Greg C]

Amazing conditions today, and I FINALLY DID DEMON WALL ROOF! YES YES FUCKING YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! 
So chuffed, 10 sessions after first pulling on to it, I absolutely cruised it first go! My first V7! 

It's V5 in my book.   

[Jaspersharpe]

I fucking hate V grades. Every time anyone mentions them I have to look at a bastard conversion chart as I have such an aversion to them my brain refuses to remember what they mean in real money. I feel like a pensioner struggling with decimalisation. Bloody fiddly five pence pieces.

[Andy F]

Amazing conditions today, and I FINALLY DID DEMON WALL ROOF! YES YES FUCKING YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! 
So chuffed, 10 sessions after first pulling on to it, I absolutely cruised it first go! My first V7! 

It's V5 in my book.   

Give it V6/F7a in reality

Well done Andi, now for some real climbing do that bloody 7a+ thingy at the end of Kilnsey FFS

[Monolith]

Be wary of Andy's references to Kilnsey andi. Next thing you know, you're in his wheels bombing up to Kilnsey on belay duty!

(Andy you know I'll hold your string for you anytime

[dave]

F7a = french 7a, its not that long is it? 

[Monolith]

I was just editing my post for a cheap dig as you got that in dave. You move too fast!

[Jaspersharpe]

Now I'm really confused. 

[SA Chris]

I fucking hate V grades. Every time anyone mentions them I have to look at a bastard conversion chart as I have such an aversion to them my brain refuses to remember what they mean in real money.

Funny, I feel like that with Font grades. Most places I have bouldered a bit all use V. Only time I ever use Font is in Font, and the difficulty of the problems seems to have no correlation with the grades (to me anyway).