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the shizzle => bouldering => Topic started by: Urban_Rocker on June 26, 2003, 06:18:36 pm
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Hey, is there anywhere in the south east within 1-2 hours of west london that is good for bouldering, can you suggest anywhere that would be way good to boulder in England, not scotland or wales. Thanx for any help
Rob aka Urban_Rocker
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Bouldering near da Smoke - ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Childish, but fun ! :8)
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In england??? 2 words...
PEAK DISTRICT
look at the videos on this high quality website, many if not most are in the Peak. Get yourself Rockfax Peak Bouldering.
Alternatively you could look for a place called Culm (featured in OTE a while back which looks amazin its by the sea so watch those tides!!)
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There's a very useful crag finder at ukclimbing.com (http://www.ukclimbing.com/databases/crags/) where you can search for all crags within a certain distance from your postcode.
Within 150 miles of London you've got 306 crags to go at.
The nearest stuff to you will be the Southern Sandstone but I know very little about this stuff and hear mixed reports. Anyone know any links to good info on that stuff?
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Ah, something for me to answer....
High Rocks, near Tunbridge Wells is the best place for Sandstone bouldering and the rock is the best quality for the 'crumbly stuff'
Theres a whole circuit there and many good probs from V0-V9/V10. Trouble is its difficult to describe where everything is without writing an esssay and drawing a topo. But to get you started, the Matterhorn boulder has some good stuff , one of the best being the sit-start to the high arete (Brevna) at V8 ish the left arete is good at about V2/V3 and in the wall inbetween theres a mass of eliminates etc from V0-V8.
If you see some of the locals bouldering and want the hard stuff, ask to be shown Vandal, Bum-Dragon, the Mojo Arete, Cross Town Traffic, Ches' dyno, The Mantle the bowling green boulders, Sit Start to Kinda Lingers, &
Ches's thumb problem. All are quality.
Trust me it is good down there..........