[spid3rz]

Had a little blast at Shaftoe after work this evening and managed to do the sit start to The Long Reach! Wohoo

[Fiend]

Nice, bit of a hidden gem that. Did you do it via a short slap?

[tomtom]

Finally held on to the jug at the end of Man of Steel this morning been a bit of a one week nemesis this - and rounds off a good Blackwell hit this week with Short Problem, Swing Time and MoS \o/

Seeing as I managed two new 7's on Peak lime in the whole of last season that means that either the gradings soft at beginners wall or I'm getting better (don't answer that question - I don't want to know the truth :D )

[dave]

Finally held on to the jug at the end of Man of Steel this morning been a bit of a one week nemesis this

Good arrows, that's practically a flash by Jericho Road standards.

[tomtom]

:D

[spid3rz]

Nice, bit of a hidden gem that. Did you do it via a short slap?

No I didn't, I did it with a mighty stretch. Maybe a short slap would of been easier because it felt like it was miles away!

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[peewee]

Minor YYFY, did my first 8th grade route, Militia - 8a+ at Giggleswick.

[kelvin]

Not so minor that one - nice work!   

[andy_e]

It is minor given the power-to-weight ratio of the fucker. Come back on here when you inevitably tick 9a Pete!

[Will Hunt]

Don't forget he's fucking massive 

[Nibile]

I keep thinking about these last two months, in which I dedicated myself to the rock, driving to the boulders, packing thousands of kms, refining sequences, drying out holds, nursing flappers, aching muscles and strained joints, to finally climb some of my projects.
Now I feel a great sense of fullfillment, because I know that all the sacrifices I've done, the pain and suffering, were worth because I reached my goals:
I have improved both on the BM and on the static hangs on my board.

[Sasquatch]

Now I feel a great sense of fullfillment, because I know that all the sacrifices I've done, the pain and suffering, were worth because I reached my goals:
I have improved both on the BM and on the static hangs on my board.

It's the simple things in life that matter

[Nibile]

Exactly. 

[SA Chris]

Found in my wanderings, no routes I know of on it. Any idea of rock type? South Aberdeenshire.

[andy_e]

Set to private Chris?

[SA Chris]

cocks

https://www.dropbox.com/s/e3adj0xx9zxht44/20150715_210216.jpg?dl=0

[andy_e]

Is it not just a big pile of schist?

[tomtom]

I'd say it's grey brown. Possibly brown grey. And stripey.

[lagerstarfish]

is it stripey rock or is it layers of different coloured rock that together look like stripes?

(I can't see the photo at work)

[tomtom]

Sorry - knew I'd end up being too technical.

[SA Chris]

is it stripey rock or is it layers of different coloured rock that together look like stripes?

Yes.

[SA Chris]

Is it not just a big pile of schist?

I don't know, hence the question. I though it looked like stuff on the culm coast, but I realise that's not a rock type.

[AndyR]

Is it not just a big pile of schist?

I don't know, hence the question. I though it looked like stuff on the culm coast, but I realise that's not a rock type.

Looks mostly gneissic or higher grade phyllite.
I'd climb on it.

[andy_e]

Given that most of the South Aberdeenshire coast and anywhere south of the Highland Boundary Fault is made of Devonian sediments I'm stumped... Where was this exactly, so I can bag the first ascents consult a map?

[AndyR]

Given that most of the South Aberdeenshire coast and anywhere south of the Highland Boundary Fault is made of Devonian sediments I'm stumped... Where was this exactly, so I can bag the first ascents consult a map?

Looking closer rather than thumbnail, could be a psammite with lots of deformed quartz veins.

Isn't the Appin Group in that neck of the woods - kind of looks like that?