[Nibile]

not bouldering related, but YYFY nonetheless.
today i've been asked by the school's director if i fancied to go to elba island, all paid, for two weeks, to teach italian in another partner school.
can you guess what my answer was????
 

http://www.virtualelba.it/

did i ever tell you the island is covered in granite boulders? if i didn't, well, "the island is covered in granite boulders".

[Jaspersharpe]

Sweet. Do they have any "partner schools" in the Paris area? I bet you've already looked into that! 

[Sloper]

Nice one Nibs, I'll drop you an email.

[duncan]

Nice one Southerner! Now that's what I call a good solid Gogarth weekend

How was Dogs of War?  I never seem to get round to doing it   

Nice one. What was the second pitch of The Cow like as I hear differing views?

I thought standard Gogarth E3 climbing in a wild position.  Shouldn't be an issue if you get up p1.

[TobyD]

cheers people!

Cow pitch two is awesome ... wild, wierd moves and really good gear in an absolutely stunning position.

Dogs of War i really liked, its probably not to everyone's taste, but the only significantly funny bit (on pitch 2) actually has some decent gear. The rock is sort of odd and soft but by no means nightmarish. Saying that its probably not a good idea to get panicy and start yarding on things really hard (not that i can yard hard even when i want to...)

anyone done Ludwig?

[Adam Lincoln]

the Cad

How was it? Its on the list of routes i must do. (But am put off doing it after hearing all the stories!)

[Doylo]

F6c but runout on snappy crimps -mega

[Adam Lincoln]

F6c but runout on snappy crimps -mega

With my hold removal history, great... 

[Doylo]

at least theres no longer any bolts to clip 

[Adam Lincoln]

at least theres no longer any bolts to clip 

Just as well given my record on that front too.

[SA Chris]

today i've been asked by the school's director if i fancied to go to elba island, all paid, for two weeks,

As Napoleon said - able i was ere i saw elba. Sounds good.

[tomtom]

today i've been asked by the school's director if i fancied to go to elba island, all paid, for two weeks,

As Napoleon said - able i was ere i saw elba. Sounds good.

Good to see you never miss a plandromic opportunity! 

[T_B]

anyone done Ludwig?

Aye. Was put off trying it for years by the description in the old guidebook, but when the North Wales Selected came out thought "hmm". Basically a poorly protected move (rusty in situ wire) into the bottom of the groove, then decent gear all the way to the top. Watch out for pitch 1 though which is more like E5 6a, not 5c. Great route.

[Drew]

As Napoleon said - able i was ere i saw elba. Sounds good.

Good to see you never miss a p[a]landromic opportunity! 

So surely it should be "Able was I, ere I saw Elba"? Just to be pedantic

[TobyD]

anyone done Ludwig?

Aye. Was put off trying it for years by the description in the old guidebook, but when the North Wales Selected came out thought "hmm". Basically a poorly protected move (rusty in situ wire) into the bottom of the groove, then decent gear all the way to the top. Watch out for pitch 1 though which is more like E5 6a, not 5c. Great route.

cheers TB, sounds pretty appealing, good beta on the 'easy pitch' too. I recently did Blackleg, which has a sort of similar syndrome on pitch 2 as far as i recall ....

the Cad

How was it? Its on the list of routes i must do. (But am put off doing it after hearing all the stories!)

sort of alright, i guess Chris' comment is about on it, although it is the sort of thing i would have struggled to give  French grade to to be honest: its not like you get pumped or that it feels really hard anywhere, but i imagine things would not be too pretty if panic set in half way through the massive run out. Its also surprisingly hairy, but not in a bad way ! 

[SA Chris]

As Napoleon said - able i was ere i saw elba. Sounds good.

Good to see you never miss a p[a]landromic opportunity! 

So surely it should be "Able was I, ere I saw Elba"? Just to be pedantic

You are right, my apogolies.

[tomtom]

As Napoleon said - able i was ere i saw elba. Sounds good.

Good to see you never miss a p[a]landromic opportunity! 

So surely it should be "Able was I, ere I saw Elba"? Just to be pedantic

Can not believe I missed the 'a' out... 

You are right, my apogolies.

[Jaspersharpe]

Awesome quoting there.

[Johnny Brown]

Its a Pal [ i ] ndrome anyway.

edit: fucking too clever by half html

[SA Chris]

Actually it's palindrome. Invented by Michale Palin.

[tomtom]

Its a Pal [ i ] ndrome anyway.

edit: fucking too clever by half html

I noticed this was edited JB, was it a typo? 

[Johnny Brown]

No, I copied the above and put the spelling mistake in brackets, but the forum assumed I was formatting it into italics.

[tomtom]

No, I copied the above and put the spelling mistake in brackets, but the forum assumed I was formatting it into italics.

No worries - I was just trying to make myself feel better about my own apalling spelling...

[slackline]

  No worries - I was just trying to make myself feel better about my own apalling spelling...

Use Firefox and install the English Dictionary Add-on (and any other languages you want).

You then get red-underlining when you mis-spell a word so you can correct it (as in many WYSIWYG word-processing applications.  Or be really, really lazy and right-click and select the correct spelling, or add a word to a custom dictionary. 

[SA Chris]

No, I copied the above and put the spelling mistake in brackets, but the forum assumed I was formatting it into italics.

I wondered what you were up to.