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Buckstones aka Nont Sarah's
June 24, 2008, 11:18:06 pm
Whilst this venue has been mentioned in the Blackstone thread, I think it's worth its own thread. 

There's not a shed load there, but what there is appears good.
The main attraction is the big roof.  As you look at it (facing in) the left side of the roof is Okey Dokey 7a+/b and the right side is Pig In a Pokey 7a+.  There are two obvious traverses at the back of the roof.  Going right to left, and finishing up the wall past a jug above Okey Dokey's start is about 6a.  Going the other way, finishing out right past a crimp to the top is about 6a+.
Nik at work did a link up today:  Do Okey Dokey to the lip jugs, reverse Pig In A Pokey then do the back wall traverse to finish up the wall above Okey Dokey start.  Okey Pokey 7b+ is a sustained effort.
There's a few other things around that we haven't got on as yet, we'll let you know.  Or Webbo will.
Worth a visit if you are nearby.

Pig In A Pokey  7a+
Okey Dokey  7a+/7b





Okey Pokey  7b+




Sorry it's a crap vid, I stupidly left the tripod at home.   :oops:
Check out Yorkshire Grit for a bit more info.



PS:  The campus finish to PIAP and OD is 85cm, about 1:4.5.  Just so ya know.

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#1 Re: Buckstones aka Nont Sarah's
June 25, 2008, 08:02:32 am
Also, just so ya know, if you go for the lip hold with your right hand instead of left when doing Okey Dokey you will get a fairly good idea of what it feels like to fly backwards if you don't manage to stick it......

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#2 Re: Buckstones aka Nont Sarah's
June 25, 2008, 08:05:12 am
you will get a fairly good idea of what it feels like to fly backwards when you don't manage to stick it......

And very amusing it was too :lol:  I just wish we'd had the camera on for it.
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#3 Re: Buckstones aka Nont Sarah's
July 13, 2008, 11:02:49 pm
Some fat git on Pig In A Pokey:


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#4 Re: Buckstones aka Nont Sarah's
July 13, 2008, 11:27:37 pm
Vimeo HD version:

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#5 Re: Buckstones aka Nont Sarah's
March 13, 2009, 12:38:36 am
Just to brirefly rekindle the buckstones fire, I did the pig in a pokey into okey dokey reversed link up today finishing with the traverse of the back wall finishing up the right side wall. 7C with a crux reversing the slap of okey dokey. Obviously called Pig in a Dokey.

 

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