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#375 Re: calling of the lime
March 28, 2017, 07:19:39 pm
Burbage South was pretty good today

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#376 Re: calling of the lime
March 28, 2017, 07:23:50 pm
Sorry Haydn perhaps I should clarify, I'm appalled that Ukb wasn't the ONLY place to find out about the call.

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#377 Re: calling of the lime
March 28, 2017, 09:07:28 pm
Sorry Haydn perhaps I should clarify, I'm appalled that Ukb wasn't the ONLY place to find out about the call.

Good call Haydn, but a Facebook first call brings back memories of the dark Omnishambles when Dobbin was left in charge of the tortoise hutch.

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#378 Re: calling of the lime
March 29, 2017, 10:03:55 am
Burbage South was pretty good today

I did Point Five yesterday. I know the climate's changing and all that, but I'd say this new guy is a fucking clown.

The root problem with the calling of the lime is that anyone sufficiently keen to take the role is self-selecting as having, at best, a tenuous grasp on the whole concept of quality or enjoyment.

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#379 Re: calling of the lime
March 29, 2017, 10:17:41 am
Maybe a tighter brief needs to be provided for said aspirant Lime Caller? The way I see it, the lime should be called once the grit is out and the lime is dry (obvs). Clearly, anyone with half a brain knows the grit isn't out of season yet, and the final pocket on Powerband is still wet FFS. Indeed it was only 4 years ago that we were snowballing in April. Calling the lime in March is so off the mark, I'm surprised anyone has even taken notice of it!

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#380 Re: calling of the lime
March 29, 2017, 10:23:18 am
Is there a procedure for impeaching a caller? Asking for a friend.

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#381 Re: calling of the lime
March 29, 2017, 10:29:27 am
The way I see it, the lime should be called once the grit is out and the lime is dry (obvs).

I'm calling bullshit on that assumption.

The lime does its thing and the grit does its.

Any connection is only in the mind of a conflicted climber who hasn't discovered their true calling.

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#382 Re: calling of the lime
March 29, 2017, 10:46:02 am
Called exactly a day before, to the hour, the time I was sunbathing lethargically at Bamford, barely able to move my heat-addled body out of the path of the Neb Buttress send train, let alone consider pulling on flesh-melting scrittle slopers. The one thought that swirled through the debilitating haze was "FFS someone call the lime already?!".

Bang on I say.

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#383 Re: calling of the lime
March 29, 2017, 12:14:17 pm
#NotMyLimeCaller

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#384 Re: calling of the lime
March 29, 2017, 12:37:07 pm
Has anyone asked Bob Pettigrew for his opinion on this call?

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#385 Re: calling of the lime
March 29, 2017, 01:37:43 pm
I have absolutely zero confidence in Bob Pettigrew's lime calling, whether he announces it on Facebook or not  >:(

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#386 Re: calling of the lime
April 10, 2017, 11:24:51 am
Went on the Lime on Saturday, got sunburnt and mid-afternoon it was too hot to climb, even sitting was tiring. I imagine the Catwalk was a right bag of laughs.

Went on the Grit on Sunday, got wintburnt and mid-afternoon it was mint connies, even got too cold to continue after that.

#makesyouthink

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#387 Re: calling of the lime
April 10, 2017, 11:40:40 am
Powerplant is dry. I don't want to say i told you so, but...I told you so.
Bring on 2017!
 
Annoyingly Its one of the earliest starts to the season and I'm spending it doing grit hvs's cos I've got a totally fucked finger. Fingers feeling better today hopefully it's not a long injury.

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#388 Re: calling of the lime
April 10, 2017, 11:48:43 am
The way I see it, the lime should be called once the grit is out and the lime is dry (obvs).

I'm calling bullshit on that assumption.

The lime does its thing and the grit does its.

Any connection is only in the mind of a conflicted climber who hasn't discovered their true calling.


This....

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#389 Re: calling of the lime
April 10, 2017, 12:32:41 pm
Exactly. Yesterday we saw cold conditions  enough to get good friction on grit yet powerplant is now dry. There's no way we can have a dry cornice and not be in line season.

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#390 Re: calling of the lime
April 10, 2017, 12:41:20 pm
Powerplant may be dry now, but could be wet again for all of May, June and July.

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#391 Re: calling of the lime
April 10, 2017, 01:32:35 pm
I want to know what Grit HVSes and whether they get the Johnny Brown seal of approval?? I've always thought Hen Cloud and Ramshaw HVSes would still be totally valid during the lime season....

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#392 Re: calling of the lime
April 10, 2017, 01:35:23 pm
I was down Cheedale on Saturday and I have to say Powerplant did not look dry to me. Chee tor in great nick though.

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#393 Re: calling of the lime
April 10, 2017, 03:11:32 pm
I want to know what Grit HVSes and whether they get the Johnny Brown seal of approval?? I've always thought Hen Cloud and Ramshaw HVSes would still be totally valid during the lime season....

Did great butress up at dovestone tor. Ended up bailing cos it got too cold up there

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#394 Re: calling of the lime
April 10, 2017, 03:34:09 pm
Nice choice!

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#395 Re: calling of the lime
April 10, 2017, 09:21:25 pm
Walking up to Dovestone Tor will give you too beefy thigh for the lime. Jeez. I don't envy the caller this year. Too cold for grit, JB at the Tor, it's madness.

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#396 Re: calling of the lime
April 10, 2017, 09:27:22 pm
Hang on - don't we have separate callers for grit and lime? If so what's the problem? Both can Shirley be on at once?

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#397 Re: calling of the lime
April 10, 2017, 09:34:03 pm
On the wrong rocks tho. When it's too hot for lime and too cold for grit. I need a lie down thinking about it.

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#398 calling of the lime
April 10, 2017, 09:35:20 pm
Powerplant may be dry now, but could be wet again for all of May, June and July.

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#399 Re: calling of the lime
April 10, 2017, 09:48:11 pm
I was down Cheedale on Saturday and I have to say Powerplant did not look dry to me. Chee tor in great nick though.

It was reported on the FB group as "climbable" which has been interpreted as dry but probably means workable.  Three months earlier than last year though, just have to hope it stays dry longer than four weeks.

 

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