Can anybody tell me about 2 routes on there that I can't locate - El Capitan (Simon Lee) and Spanner in the Works (that's gotta have been done by Andy Spendlove - of the nickname 'Spanner', surely)? Cheers
Warmed up on Beat it. Not the greatest but gets the blood flowing. After that we got on Step on it. Fantastic route! No probs with the bolting on these on two routes. I'm keen to get back and try the other routes.Living in Derby, I'm enjoying all the hard work that you and people like Bonjoy/JC have been putting in in the South. Should be good summer with High Tor, LTQ, Thor's n Turkey all available for some after work fun. If you do any more re-equipping/retro work I would be happy to contribute financially, almost feeling guilty about the route to investment ratio im getting.
Useful topo. Everything is in the right place except for Matt The Hoople, which should be right of the far corner line. The line on the topo in the old peak limestone rockfax is also in the wrong place.
I replied. But in case it doesn't get through, yes, early eve after 5 is good for me. See you later
And for that, Johnny, on behalf of the deluded masses who sometimes climb on grit, sometimes on trad limestone, sometimes on sport, sometimes at Font, at Ceuse, Verdon, Yosemite, Utah, Kyrgyzstan, Greenland, Gogarth, Fair Head, Helsby, Wilton and The Burren, I thank you
I bet, Andy, when you did the bulk of your climbing on Chee Tor and Dovedale, it was quite 'in fashion', and therefore, clean and in good nick. I bet now there are 3 star trad lime routes that will never get an ascent in a year.
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Perhaps Chee Tor (and other such places) just need a bit of a facelift? Replace the old fixed gear with bolts and clean it up.
I don't think you can argue the point, however, that a significant amount of Peak trad limestone is going into a state of disrepair and becoming unclimbable
I don't think retroing obscure trad routes will reduce the popularity of good trad routes. the reality is that retroing oddball trad routes at sport crags will have no effect on trad routes at trad crags whatsoever.