[Monolith]

Cheers chaps! Really pleased that perseverance has paid off. Just desperately been craving a means to facilitate climbing activity.

Fultonius - Only when I was asked about the minutiae  of the course did I mention it. Happy to leave that saga behind!

[Yoof]

Operation Wallacea?

You know it 

[slackline]

Congrats on the new job Mono 

[SA Chris]

Just desperately been craving a means to facilitate climbing activity.

Now you enter the phase where you have the money to facilitate it, but zero free time for climbing.

Good work fella.

[Falling Down]

Congratulations Tom.     Welcome to full time employment. Now you too can sit and read posts asking for lifts and  how awesome conditions are on the grit or at the cave during the week only for it to piss it down every Saturday and Sunday.

[andy popp]

Fantastic and much deserved news Tom, congratulations.

[Monolith]

Congratulations Tom.     Welcome to full time employment. Now you too can sit and read posts asking for lifts and  how awesome conditions are on the grit or at the cave during the week only for it to piss it down every Saturday and Sunday.

Too true beast, too true! Got out today and trashed my hand but at least that gives me another temporary excuse to remain a weak punter.

Thanks to you gents for all your support leading upto this, really.

[Eddies]

Today hase been a good day for me, a good day indeed!
I sent 'Paint It Black' My first limestone 7C boulder problem.
Not only this but it was a big aim for me this year to boulder 7C on grit, 7C on lime and to lead a 7c sport route... All of which I have now done... YES YES, FUCKING YEEEEEESSSSS 

[Doylo]

Good effort! Where is Paint it Black? My peak knowledge is inferior these days? Is it in the new guide?

[Eddies]

Yes its in the new guide, Blackwell dale. If your in the area and fancy a boulder deffo check it out

[Doylo]

I must purchase it, will be over at some point

[Andy F]

Finally did an 8 outside the Dales 

[shark]

Finally did an 8 outside the Dales 

Welsh tart

[Andy F]

Finally did an 8 outside the Dales 

Welsh tart

Easy to pick up 

[moose]

Wayhay..... three months after my first, faltering moves there, I've finally bagged the "to the wobble block" link at Crag-Y-Longridge (supposedly equivalent to a F7c+).  More sideways badness than a bushel of evil crabs!

Considering that it's a link-up traverse at a "singular" crag, I'm absurdly pleased with myself.  Before going to CYL, I'd pretty much only bouldered - just onsight trad and occassional bolt-clipping abroad - so I'd never managed anything with a route grade of more than F7a+/b.  Okay, success at CYL likely has dubious applicability elsewhere, but it at least suggests that I've more stamina than I thought and, should the opportunity present itself, could at least consider trying to RP something in the mid 7s without humiliation. 

... think I'll break out both a cake AND a bottle of nice beer!

[Jim]

went climbing today for the first time since I detached my bicep at the end of Feb. Few 5's an 5+'s down the wall with a couple of easy boulder/traverse problems thrown in for good measure. YYFY

[kingholmesy]

Nice one Jim, glad to hear you're on the mend.  Cave next week then?     Luke.

[al123]

managed to do 3 7a's today!! brings the tally up to about 6 i think. did green traverse, trackside ( done lots before) and The Nose. time spent at Carreg Hylldrem as paid off! 

[Nibile]

glad to hear that Jim!!! 

[AJM]

Finally did an 8 outside the Dales 

Nice 

And I like the so much I'm going to hijack it for my own YYFY which is ticking my first 7c on Friday 

[BB]

YYFY Finally managed to bag my first 7A last night at the frontlines. My thanks to James for spotting and providing the encouragement.

[Nibile]

YYFY I managed to do 4 moves in a row (4 commissions I mean) on the system wall!!! so happy.
plus, I've finished drilling the panels.
plus, the holds, t-nuts, bolts and screws will arrive tomorrow.
plus, all my supplements will arrive Wednesday.
plus, yesterday I crushed on rock.
 

[tomtom]

glad to hear that Jim!!! 

+1

[Nibile]

the board is completed, and I am pulling on it right fucking now.
I am psyched out of my little, puerile, dire, naive mind.
it seems unreal.

[Jim]

go Beast!