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places to visit => conditions reports (isitgreasy on twitter) => Topic started by: belperpete on March 18, 2011, 09:45:38 am
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Walked down the dale yesterday from Buxton end), as far as The Cornice and not seen things looking as dry as this, at this time of year, for a while. We've got a high pressure system building up, extra daylight hour soon, so things look set to get even better. Could be the best limestone season for a long time (even better than last year?) as long as we miss a deluge in Spring/early Summer - hers's hoping!
Plum butress, Moving buttress, Sidings, Embankment, most of Two Tier (upper and Lower), Max Buttress - all dry.
Long Wall, Nettle Buttress - Plenty of dry stuff on them, but with damp areas.
The Nook - a bit more extensive dampness, but not dripping.
Dogs Dinner - Looked dry, but maybe not in good condition yet.
The Cornice - Dry stuff on right and left sides; pretty wet round Taylor Made area, but rest mostly just damp, with wetter sections interspersed. The clean-up last year has clearly made a big difference and Monumental looked awesome - almost doable!
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Was on two tier yesterday, everything is dry.
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Anyone know how chee tor is looking??
Cheers
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Anyone know how chee tor is looking??
Cheers
Bob was saying today it was getting dry and clean.
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Clarion Call looked like it was dry and chalked. Routes either side still have some damp patches. Further Adventures in Greendale was dry.
Rhubarb, Max,Embankment,Blackwell Halt, Two Tier all dry and climbed this weekend
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Take extra care climbing on the central section of the embankment. Last weekend there was evidence of recent rockfall from the very top section of crag between Stone the Loach and Mind of a Turbot above where the latter route traverses left ... there are chunks on the floor and a soil cornice visible at the top of the crag.
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Anyone know how Nettle Buttress is fairing - I've know idea how long it takes to dry :-[ and I'm half expecting it to be way to early....but?
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Do peeps know how "That was the river" is looking? I'm somewhat psyched... ;D
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Had a wander down on Saturday and things are looking promising. The bottom half of Nemesis was pretty wet as was Monumental and most other things down that end, but Clarion Call and the other routes either side and up to Four Doors were bone dry. All the routes from Powerplant up to R n P had soggy starts but the headwalls looked totally fine. And the routes right at the top end were fully dry too.
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I wandered through on Saturday for an inspection (no sport for me until I sort my wrist out :no:)
Long Wall looked pretty dry, some wet sections but worth a visit. Two Tier and Max Wall fine. Nettle Buttress looked in reasonable nick, but didn't cross the river to look closer. The Cornice is drying out, left hand end sopping, That Was the River possibly workable but I wouldn't rush, Up the River soaking. Clarion Call et al are getting there, not bone dry by any stretch, top section of Whose Line/ Big Zipper still wet. Powerplant headwall dry, the bulge slightly moist but workable, Unleashing and further right looked good to go.
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Cornice is getting in very good nik now. All routes right of martial music are dry bar Whose Line is it Anyway? Powerplant and K3 chalked. Roof Warrior doable.
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Update - after the rain on Saturday and that night, some holds on Martial and Clarion had a few muddy holds on Sunday morning, but they cleaned up well and by the evening they were fine again. There were also several ascents of Big Zipper.
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Anybody been down to the Cornice or Two Tier in the last couple of days? Just wondered how things were holding up after the recent (current!) rain?
Cheers
Tom
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Was down yesterday and everything is still fine.
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Just been down to the cornice. Not a dry route in the house! Rain seams to have been blown onto the face. Any ideas how long it will take to dry?
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Yeah totally shocking down dale today, and pretty much everywhere else to be honest. Mainly condensation in many places though, so reckon it shouldn't be long before its fine again down there. Tomorrow meant to be hot so could dry most things.
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Yeah totally shocking down dale today, and pretty much everywhere else to be honest. Mainly condensation in many places though, so reckon it shouldn't be long before its fine again down there. Tomorrow meant to be hot so could dry most things.
could it have dried the washoff by tomorrow am? (or just blind optimism?)
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Maybe... hard to say really. Might be in with a slight chance...
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Today's wetness was probably due to last night's fog. It is forecast to be hot and not rainy tomorrow, but also to be very humid. I'd wager that unless the forecast is wrong (and you wake up to a cool breezy day) the crags down cheedale will be little better than today.
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at cheedale atm, to confirm conditions are pretty shit.
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Cornice mainlly wet, bits of max and two tier dry. Embankment looked dry (but very warm)
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Cornice mainlly wet, bits of max and two tier dry. Embankment looked dry (but very warm)
You sacked it in the end then?!
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Anyone been down to the Cornice since the weekend?
Cheers
L
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Chee Dale Cornice dry this evening :-)
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Cornice all dry still.
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If anyone is heading this way be warned there was a speed-camera van in the layby leaving Stoney. I forgot to check if it was still in-situ on the return journey.
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Anybody know how Chee Tor is looking at the moment?
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Anyway, this is all a bit :offtopic:
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back on topic... hows the cornice looking currently? any seepage coming back? its been raining on and off with short heavy showers interspersed with periods of hot breezy weather in stockport so was wondering if it was getting wet or not.
cheers
Tim
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rh dry
lh damp in places - nemesis etc pretty greasy to half height.
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rh dry
lh damp in places - nemesis etc pretty greasy to half height.
Cheers Ben thats good news, although Fridays forecast doesn't look too promising.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/em/buxton_forecast_weather.html (http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/em/buxton_forecast_weather.html)
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I was wondering if it was going to be a repeat of the Cheedale jungle experience from a few weekends ago due to Fridays predicted rain?
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Anyone got any idea what nick those 90m roof routes in cheedale are like at the minute?
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Hello, anyone been down today and can report back with a dryness check?
Cheers. JB
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Was still pretty dry and good nick on the Cornic today despite all the rain
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Was still pretty dry and good nick on the Cornic today despite all the rain
Okay thanks Robin. This rain is crackers hey, not what we need!!!
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anywhere likely to be climbable tonight? Cornice? Embankment?
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The river was so high down chee dale you could not see the stepping stones......... Who'd be a fish!!
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Next time let's check the tide timetables first. :fishing:
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Anyone been down chee cornice today? All dry? any seepage? Keen to get down tomorrow. Thanks
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Yep - mainly dry still. There was run off affecting the tops of several routes (Nemesis, Spiders, Clarion, all right of LATB) when we arrived but this was well on the way to drying when we left and should be OK if weather holds. Seepage-wise the roof of K3 was dripping a bit and Last Eggs was wet, but other than that all was fine.
Probably worth getting down there soon if the forecast is for more rain as the seepage may well work its way through in the next few days if we keep getting downpours. Normally I wouldn't think that but seeing the river today made me realise what a deluge there was over the weekend - when we arrived it looked like the Ganges from the amount of silt in it, it was lapping the wooden footbridge and the steeping stones were about a foot underwater, we had to wade in. Then it undercut a tree on the opposite bank and that came crashing down over the river. All quite magnificent really :o
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K3 was dripping a bit
I'd be very grateful if people venturing down over the next few days could report back on conditions of the above and the routes surrounding Bored...
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Likewise any updates on the state of Cry of Despair would be welcome.
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and Nemesis please? (though I fear the worst) :(
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Likewise any updates on the state of Cry of Despair would be welcome.
looked to be suffering when I wandered under, but not familiar with it to know precisely.
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Returned from Cornice not long ago. Most of the crag still dry, just a bit of run off on some routes and a few patches of seepage that have reappeared.
Starts of Jug Jocket and Roof Warrior looked damp.
Cry of Despair was fine except for the undercut. This was damp but we towelled it off and it was doable.
Big wet streak all the way down Old Man River and the wall to the right was soaking.
Top of War Memorial was damp.
Wet patch 2/3 up Whose Line Is It.
Bored and its neighbours all dry.
Botom of K3 looked damp.
Top wall on Cosmopolitan and its neighbours looked damp but improved through the day.
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Cry of Despair was fine except for the undercut. This was damp but we towelled it off and it was doable.
Nice one, just hope tomorrow's forecast rain doesn't materialise now.
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Cry of Despair was fine except for the undercut. This was damp but we towelled it off and it was doable.
Didya do it?
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Cry of Despair was fine except for the undercut. This was damp but we towelled it off and it was doable.
Didya do it?
First go today I fell off trying to move up off the sloper at the end of the hard moves and decided I wasn't going to be able to do the route. Derek suggested one little tweak to my sequnce for that section and next go I Ondraed the motherflipper.
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Cry of Despair was fine except for the undercut. This was damp but we towelled it off and it was doable.
Didya do it?
First go today I fell off trying to move up off the sloper at the end of the hard moves and decided I wasn't going to be able to do the route. Derek suggested one little tweak to my sequnce for that section and next go I Ondraed the motherflipper.
Nice one ;D
Seemed to be one of the drier lines down there tonight!
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Not too bad today considering the amount of rain we have had... Roof Warrior area was pretty wet, as was the 7c to the right (Cry of Despair??). Powerplant was dry, as was most of right hand part of crag. Hopefully things should dry back fairly quickly?
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Pretty much as Mark said on Tuesday except the bulge above Bored, etc is now damp.
CoD is dry bar the undercut which is sopping.
War Memorial - Armistice Day all dry to look at but plenty of spoogey holds.
Extreme right also looks dry
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Old man River wall still looked really damp, that yellowy lichen was looking very dark and smeggy.
Top of bored of the lies and big zipper dampish but climbable. A pal was on PowerPlant all dry. Cry of despair bottom undercut jug wet but rest ok. Whose line looked dryish compared to other day.
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Most stuff at the right end looked dry today, people on big zipper / clarion call / whose line etc. Cry of Despair undercut still looking damp though.
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and powerplant?
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and powerplant?
In perfect nick ;D
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Nice One, glass raised.
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Nice One, glass raised.
Cheers nai!
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I take it from that you did it?
Effort!! :strongbench:
:D
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I take it from that you did it?
Effort!! :strongbench:
:D
Yep, I think having a break paid off as after three weeks away from the cornice it went first go today.
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Really pleased for you, it's been agonising reading your pc posts as you got close. Good tactic taking time off, semi deliberately avoided the place this week myself and mega psyched already for next Friday and (hopefully not) Sunday.
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Can anyone please confirm the state of Nemis and Monumental?
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Can anyone please confirm the state of Nemis and Monumental?
I don't think Monumental has been cleaned this season. When I walked past it yesterday it looked very dirty and there was certainly seepage on some of the holds.
Nemesis has been climbed this year / got chalk on the holds but I'm not sure if it's 100% dry at the minute.
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I think a hold it shares with Bricktop is wet.
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The undercut on Nemesis after the first crux was pretty wet today. Some of the other holds in the roof on Bricktop also wet.
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It was horrendously humid at the Cornice last night and everything felt incredibly soapy. The tunnels were totally soaking too.
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take it general conditions are much improved, is Old Man River dry again?
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For those considering tomorrow:
Nemesis/Jug Jockey very damp / wet at bottom
Roof Warrior / COD damp/very damp at bottom
TWTR / old man river start - damp at bottom
right of that the odd damp hold but dried up a lot during the day
When we turned up bottom 15-20' of Chee Tor was proper greasy damp but would have dried in the afternoon sun. It looked like thursday's rain resulted in condensation on Chee Tor but not too bad on Cornice. Clearly the Cornice was drying during the day but I wouldn't be going down to try anything left of Roof Warrior. Between there and Old Man River is a gamble and right of there is fine.
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Just back from the cornice and apart from the Nemesis end of the crag which seems to be seeping badly at the base the stuff right of and including roof warrior was dry and in great condition with plenty of people out.
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has anyone been to two tier recently, and idea how its looking for tomorrow?
cheers
si :2thumbsup:
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Spent most of yesterday over at Max wall - all of this was bone dry. Two-tier looked ok from our side of the river!
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cheers, fingers crossed for tomorrow then :)
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conditions tonight were less good than tuesday.
It was mostly fine although some of the pockets on Martial Music were quite wet and the cornice gloop was pretty damp.
RnP had a worrying dark patch around the 2nd bolt, narrowly missing the righthand undercut!
Supposedly conditions had improved throughout the day but the approach was considerably wetter as we left.
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What Paul said.
It was surprisingly ok last night (though obviously not as good as tues).
Top of War Memorial was a little greasy.
Most of Old Man River and Zippy's Direct finish has dried out again, but the very bottom (under the flake) was really slimy.
Tim was on Roof Warrier which was ok, but he said it looked like seepage would start coming through by the weekend on some of the holds.
Succubus was dry which was yyfy for me :-)
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how dry is the cornice? unleashing? and other peak crags?
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Everything right of Clarion Call were pretty much fine today, apart from some damp looking patches at the bottom of K3 and routes around it, but Unleashing looked totally dry. Quite humid down there, not the best of conditions with most things down the left hand end really smeggy and a bit grim. Drier than last week though.
Checked Rubicon out later and everything down there is fully dry.
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I think things improved through the day as I didn't turn up until after four and it all seemed fairly good to me (especially the lefthand end?).
The dark patches on RnP and under that roof had all receded.
With respect to Unleashing, I'd expect the last few moves to be a bit damp under that canopy, the brown rock on Cordless was certainly like that anyway.
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It seemed pretty good today. Its worth noting that the road into Litton (the one which resembles glass) is due to be re-surfaced over the next few days so Tideswell might be a better route choice.
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As dry as its been this evening despite the downpour, no condensation or obvious seepage. Now if only it'd stay light a bit longer!
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How was the Nemesis start looking and the holds on Bricktop?
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the start looked good, certainly the ground underneath it was very dry. I didn't check the block thats been causing problems, sorry.
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How was the Nemesis start looking and the holds on Bricktop?
I had a good stare at this on the way in (so good in fact I nearly faceplanted). I'd tentatively say it looked 'ok', BUT it chucked it down tonight.
Everything else looked unchanged since my last visit but it was warm, still and a bit smeggy really.
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Very dry today with a nice cool breeze along the crag.
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Might give it a go then tomorrow. Cheers chaps.
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Ridiculous grease this evening but no seepage/condensation/runoff. Lets see how it is tomorrow.
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Anyone planning on a look tonight?
I would love to go tomorrow, but Dylan (who wants to go on Mecca) reckons it will be wet. What do you think?
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I guess it depends which route? Roof Warrior was dry last night but might be run-off issues at the top. Crag seemed pretty smeggy to me, can only be worse this p.m. I know where I'd go (
Tor Font).
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With the wetness set to continue (according to the Norwegians) into tomorrow I don't think you're going to find the Cornice in a good state. My money would be dampness under the central section and runoff on the top of the usual suspects. The condensation has been lessening throughout the weeks as the temperatures settle (and its about 12'c tomorrow) but seemingly an hour before dark its inevitable.
Having said all that, it was remarkably dry last night.
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It was Roof Warrior I was on about. Hmm. This would be for saturday morning, and whilst the rain should have stopped, today hasn't been good and it sounds unlikely to be any better.
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completely dry yesterday evening and there was apocalyptic rain the night before. it's a more sustained grizzliness over this way today though...
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Roof Warrior was dry enough for Tim to tick last night (YYFY for him) and rest of crag great as already said.
Fingers crossed that current deluge doesn't soak through.
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Pretty much everything looked / was dry at the cornice today although it was pretty baltic.
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Hoping to head out to the Dale this weekend, weather permitting.
Anyone been there this week? Is it wet?
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Seen the Raven Tor thread (http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,3942.675.html)?
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Everything was in great nick last night in the Dale.
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Really damp during the morning but everything soon dried up with the warm wind. Quite humid at times but generally pretty good.
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any reports for the cornice, from today, would be appreciated.
thanks
John
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None for the cornice, but Rubicon was in superb nic this AM.
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Absolutely bone dry.
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The middle bit's still wet. :smart:
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Middle of the Cornice? Is the RHS, Powerplant area still dry?
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It's completely dry.
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Thanks Jordan :2thumbsup:
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Oops. I meant the blue, wiggly bit, not cornice.... :spank:
Go to it boys.
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If anyone goes today, a cornice report would be appreciated! Esp nemesis etc.
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Nem was dry yesterday.
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Cornice bone yesterday, though fuckin freezing!
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Horrendous condensation yesterday, never seen anything like it - everyhing that wasn't in full sun was totally gopping, like Glencoe during a thaw. And what was in the sun was boiling hot.
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Horrendous condensation yesterday, never seen anything like it - everyhing that wasn't in full sun was totally gopping, like Glencoe during a thaw. And what was in the sun was boiling hot.
and today was even worse :thumbsdown:
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Any reports from today and predictions for the weekend would be helpful.
Cheers
John
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Suspect it will be the same unfortunately.
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That's rubbish! Oh well. Thanks for the quick reply.
cheers
John
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Suspect it will be the same unfortunately.
Any thoughts on whats causing these conditions - we were at Castell y Gwynt yesterday and had a similar experience (though possibly not quite as bad) of condensation / greasiness. I was wondering weather unseasonably high temperature , high humidity and long nights together with high temperature differentials between sun and shade are making it particularly bad. Will it improve if we get cloudy weather which reduces the temp differentials?
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When we tried yesterday there was still mist above the river, I suspect overnight that this has filled the gorge, everything wasn't just damp - it was dripping. It might be some kind of temperature inversion, somebody smarter will be along shortly to explain it, hopefully.
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Any thoughts on whats causing these conditions - weather unseasonably high temperature , high humidity and long nights together with high temperature differentials between sun and shade are making it particularly bad.
Yeah, I think its all those things. Its unusual to have such high daytime temps at the same time as relatively long nights (12 hours plus now). With the clear skies overnight the ground/ rock will be radiating heat like mad, meaning by morning it will be much colder than the air. When humid warm air meets a cooler surface you get condensation - just look at the toilet cistern when you get out of the shower.
To save a wasted journey to the crag check how heavy the dew is at dawn. This week its been drenching our back roof whcih is always a sign its bad.
As for cloud improving things - yes as its slows both the rate of radiation at night, and the speed at which the air heats in the morning.
Edit: there was some mist around Hathersage this morning but I'd regard that as an additional 'bad sign' rather than being the source of the gop itself. In stable air like this you could get similar gop without humidity ever getting quite high enough to cause mist.
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used to see this a lot down the a6 valley when I was working in buxton, thought it was something to do with the sun not getting into the valley to warm the ground/air so warm air is sitting above cold air and holding it down. Kind of the opposite of warm air rising, cooling and turning into rain clouds?
But that's all guesswork.
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We live about 15 mins away from the dale and our backdoor step and driveway section that doesn't get the sun has been soaked with condensationfor a few days as if it has rained. Never seen it like this before. Once it's dried up I'll let you know.
My weather pro app on the iPad has been showing 90% humidity first thing in the morning for the High Peak.
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Embankment was fine yesterday but just a bit too hot. Cornice was minging, martial music looked dry enough but wasn't at all, bailed.
two tier was sopping wet most of day but looked to have totally dried out by about 5pm, although didn't go across.
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Anyone got any spare glue? Accidentally pulled the 1st right hand off Nemesis/Bricktop... It's sat on the starting block. Won't b in the area for a few weeks, can anyone help?
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Did you go down today, what's like? Going to have a look tomorrow prob.
Cheers
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when you say the first right hand hold, do you mean first one off the deck, and in which case can it be climbed without it do you think? or, do you mean the one which you spring leftwards off? which would be the first hold for the right hand on the face?
I went and looked at the cornice yesterday, it looked ok but felt spooge. We left and went round to embankment, which was fine.
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In shock... need oxygen... cant get down for few days either...
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Cornice in good condition by the end of the day.
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It's the one that u throw to after pulling off the deck (not the Vulcan-ish flake). Could be another hold there, but didn't get too much time to look, would add a little more to the start...
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Dry and good today.
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Anyone got any spare glue? Accidentally pulled the 1st right hand off Nemesis/Bricktop... It's sat on the starting block. Won't b in the area for a few weeks, can anyone help?
I suspect some kid will have picked it up and launched it into the river by now. If any one finds it though, put it in a hidden spot so the glue fairy can work his magic! He hopes to get down there soon.
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Yes conditions pretty perfect tonight.
Finally ticked Bored of the Lies after falling off the top two moves 5 times! First 7b (finishing up Big Zipper)
Woop! :D
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Cornice bone dry today despite the heavy showers through the day.
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Anyone got any spare glue? Accidentally pulled the 1st right hand off Nemesis/edit Monumental... It's sat on the starting block. Won't b in the area for a few weeks, can anyone help?
I suspect some kid will have picked it up and launched it into the river by now. If any one finds it though, put it in a hidden spot so the glue fairy can work his magic! He hopes to get down there soon.
As I suspected the hold has gone! It is probably a bouldering grade harder to the knee bar. This won't effect the overall grade of the 4 routes using this start..
Crag is super dry.
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Dry today despite the rain. Taylor made maybe a bit wet or certainly there was some water close to it. Condensed a bit at the end of the day, hopefully that wont screw it for tomorrow though.
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The condensation didn't screw the Cornice today, the run-off saw to it instead >:(
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The entire crag Andy???
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Not all of it. There was lots of run-off affecting the bit above the roof area on the LHS. The central and RHS had some longish streaks, with the odd bit on condensation thrown in for good measure. It'll probably dry back in a few days if there's not much rain. There didn't seem to be too much seepage coming through from the back, but the river was a lot higher than last week.
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cheers andy,
Did folk bother climbing? wondering if its a no go for tomorrow.
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Most people who turned up bailed to the Tor. I'd doubt it'll be vastly better tomorrow.
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No chance anyone's challenged the forecast and been to the vale of cheese today? I'm on powerplant and my mate's on roof warrior so they're the only things that need to be dry, been trying a reverse rain dance all day but hasn't seemed to work...
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Everything left of and including martial music very wet with a combination of runoff and some seepage.
Clarion call dry-ish, the 2 things right of it wet.
Big zipper and board of the lies dry.
Powerplant and devonshire looked dry
K3, 32, RnP wet under/in roof but dry above.
Right hand side had some run off at the top.
If anyone braves it tomorrow for one of the dry things I'd be interested to know if the roof of Gran Techo/Techno Prisoners looks dry...
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Similar to, but generally a tiny bit drier than, before. The exception being the warm ups which were wetter.
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2nd hand info:
"Crag very dry! Even roof warrior and cry of despair dry. Everything from martial music rightwards dry. Hard to tell for certain but Techno Prisoners looks ok I think"
PM me if anyone keen for weekend crushing..
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2nd hand info:
"Crag very dry! Even roof warrior and cry of despair dry. Everything from martial music rightwards dry. Hard to tell for certain but Techno Prisoners looks ok I think"
PM me if anyone keen for weekend crushing..
Bollox hand info that.
All routes left of Big Zipper are piss wet!
Big Zipper to Devonshire super dry, K3 and R'n'P starts pissed and the slab lands are all dry.
The roof route is a bit soggy in the back but still possible if you can dry your hands in the kneebar.
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Had the valley to ourselves today, still plenty of dry rock around
Max Buttress - all dry
Embankment - spots of seepage on all routes, not much in total but I doubt anything is climbable
Two Tier - all the lower tier looked dry, some large seeps on upper tier
Blackwell Halt - the odd wet patch but mostly climbable
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Anyone been down recently? Just wondered how stuff was doing.
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I popped down the weekend before last (10th March).
Embankment had a bit of seepage, but there were people on Hungry Eyes and Bream in Black. On Two Tier there were a few damp pockets on Darl and Countdown (probably just the crux pocket), Daylight Robbery was damp, Entree looked workable. Nadin buttress was damp along the steep start of Minos etc, but Celebration/Aberration were dry and right of Lightweight looked ok. Nettle Buttress looked a bit soggy. The Cornice was wet (obviously), but it looked wet rather than smeggy and wet if that makes a difference. Dry patches from Unleashing right. Chee Tor a little damp on the Ogre - Boobs section, drier further right for the trad. I reckon a lot will be good to go after the sun this week.
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Forgot to say - wet streaks on Max Wall, but not substantial and I expect they've dried up.
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nice one, ta
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Embankment totally dry.
Max looked dry too.
2 Tier mostly dry, a wet pocket on Countdown and a few wet patches in the break on the top tier.
Couple of routes on the right of the Cornice looked dry (Mandy), and Further Adventures in Greendale was dry and chalked!
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Went down on sunday & conditions were great.
Embankment & Max wall were totally dry
Two Tier was almost perfect, the pocket on countdown was a tad damp but wasn't a problem once you got some chalk in there!
Im sure itll be prime pretty soon! :2thumbsup:
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Update from today,
Embankment & Max fine.
Two Tier - good, Countdown pocket it a bit grubby but OK. Everything else looked fine.
Long Wall - few wet streaks, only Hot Panties and the routes either side are completely dry.
Cornice - Cosmo & Cordless and rightwards all looks dry, but perhaps a bit of run off at the top of a few. Further Adventues chalked. Martial Music, Bored/Oujiboard look grubby and damp but no actual wet streaks, so maybe not too long now.
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Spoke to a friend today who went yesterday, said it was wet including embankment and max's wall. Only Quality Control and a couple of others near it were dry. Hoping to go this week so an update would be MUCH appreciated
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Does anyone have an update on two tier/ embankment after the rain over the last few days? I'll be around for one day only and hope to put Celebration to bed (Nadin area)
Anyone?
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Does anyone have an update on two tier/ embankment after the rain over the last few days? I'll be around for one day only and hope to put Celebration to bed (Nadin area)
Anyone?
I was on two tier on Tuesday. Orange Sunshine and Why me were dry. Didndt get a close look at secteur simon but i saw it had a wet streak down it. Cant remember whether it would have affected celebration :sorry:
On the enbankment, stone the loach to bream in black was dry, but sturgeon looked wet.
Other areas were wet, ie the nook and nettle butress.
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Excellent, sounds like i'll get a good session in regardless. Thanks for the reply. :dance1:
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no worries, good luck
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Nathan you didnt happen to see how open gate/systems malfunction looked did you?
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open gate wet. top of systems was wet i think.
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dang, cheers anyway
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Anyone been or past the crag recently that can report on the conditions?
cheers
John
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Cornice - Truly gopping. Although I know nothing about the harder stuff it was dripping almost the full length. I was after the 7a's so had a go at the end ones at the furthest right which were climbable.
Chee Tor - Dry stuff at the right. Middle had wet streaks, didn't look at the left.
Didn't look at anything else. There was some folks on plum buttress too though
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Anyone been past lately know how embankment/two tier is looking after this weeks downpour?!
Cheers
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I had a walk down there on tues. Everything was very wet apart from Embankment. Which I think you could have climbed on only having to content with the odd wet patch.
Two tier was covered in wet streaks. Max's wall was a bit drier than two tier.
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cheers for the update, rekon it must all be looking pretty soggy now after the last 2days....tomorrow might be a tad optimistic!
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Has anyone been down that can report on crag conditions?
Cheers
John
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Went down yesterday afternoon, lost of seepage points but both embankment, Max and two teir were all drying as the day went on. Climbers were on Maxs and embankment. If stays dry(?) then it should be good soon...
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that's good news, thanks. I will assume the cornice/chee tor are dead?
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Headed max's wall on thursday, pretty much every route had a little bit of seepage somewhere on it. Checked out the cornice and was absolutely gopping apart from the far right hand side which looked like it was starting to dry. Weird to think this time last year it was nearly totally dry.
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Embankment dry apart from Sturgeon. Lots of wets patches on lower Two Tier but stuff climbable. Sirplum dry!
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(From Saturday 19th) Max Wall still seepy on most routes somewhere, but getting close. Two Tier has wet patches, Open Gate looked ok, a team did Darl. Daylight wet and wet at the top of QC. Celebration was ok, a tiny bit of moisture coming from the back of a couple of crimps. The starts of many things on Nadin buttress were damp.
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Easy stuff on the Embankment was dry.
Two Tier drying up nicely - Why Me/Orange Sunshine/Daylight Robbery/Celebration/Aberration/Spazz Energy all dry. Some wet pockets and patches elsewhere. Midges though!
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as of above
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Nook looking drier but will need another few days, and nettle buttress was very nearly there (ok at the weekend). Maxs pretty much dry, some tiny wet patches.
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Last night Secteur Nadin looked totally dry. It was however hotter than the sun!
Two tier lower was mostly dry with the odd seepage spot. It was also marginality less hot than the Secter Nadin.
Max Wall was climbable if one was determined to climb.
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Any one know if Pedigree Chum is dry (monster traverse @ Dog's Dinner Butress)??
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it looked slightly wet in the middle last night. mostly dry though.
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As of Sunday, Embankment was bone dry, Two Tier almost all dry (a few wet streaks but not many. We did Open Gate and Systems Malfunction, there was some mud in the crack under the roof on the latter but the holds were all ok.) Max's looked dry as far as I could see. Both Max's and Two Tier had a good amount of traffic. A mate walked along past the cornice and said he thought it was drying well...maybe another week of dry weather would do it, although the forecast suggests its not going to stay like it has been.
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As an aside, what are the bolted routes in the roof above the stepping stones right of Max's wall? New bolts, tick marks on the holds.
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has anyone been over to Chee Tor by any chance?
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yeah, was pretty much all dry on Saturday evening. might of been some wet streaks down on the right side but I doubt it by now
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thank you.
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Cornice was looking very dry last night. Chalk on Clarion Call and most stuff to the right looked dry too.
Have I missed the memo or does someone need to give the lime caller a prod? :jab:
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Cornice was looking very dry last night. Chalk on Clarion Call and most stuff to the right looked dry too.
Have I missed the memo or does someone need to give the lime caller a prod? :jab:
cheers for that, I thought the cornice was a right off so didn't even bother walking down the other day, glad to hear its back out of the black stuff
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Cornice was looking very dry last night. Chalk on Clarion Call and most stuff to the right looked dry too.
Have I missed the memo or does someone need to give the lime caller a prod? :jab:
:goodidea: :dance1:
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Its a fucking disgrace. I don't know how these guys stay in a job.
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All of Max, Embankment and Two Tier dry.
Nook looks pretty minging as usual, though t he top half of Lockless Monster is dry, you might be able to avoid the worst of the dampness low down?
RHS of the the Cornice is looking promising, Martial Music had a couple of damp patches but might be ok with a bit of a clean. Clarion Call looked completed dry and chalked. Armistice Day all the way over to Four Door are a bit smeggy with the odd damp patch but Bored & Oujibored in particular are not far off. We dogged up Powerplant, bit smeggy in places but definately climbable. Stuff through the bulges to the right looked similar, bit damp in places with dirty headwalls but again definately not far off. Unleashing and all the stuff to the right looked dry. There was a team on Unleashing, said it's all dry but was catching the drizzle this afternoon.
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All of Max, Embankment and Two Tier dry.
were they surviving the rain when you left?
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yeah, bits of two-tier looked like they were getting a bit damp, but never rained that hard, would be dry tomorrow for sure
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anyone been passed after the weeks rain???
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Sunday 9th June am - Two Tier completely wet; Embankment completely wet. Hopefully surface only rather than seepage and will dry soon!
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good thing i gave it a miss then! yeah hopefully itl be dry again soon
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Any updates from yesterday or anyone who out today appreciated! Maybe thinking two tier later?
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Deaf Jon texed me to say two tier fucked today alas.
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Deaf Jon texed me to say two tier fucked today alas.
any knowledge on other bits? eg nettle buttress?
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I climbed on Two Tier yesterday and yes there were many damp bits around pockets but it was drying back during the day - just depends on what route you wanted to do.
Max Buttress - looked OK and there were people climbing there.
Embankment - looked mostly dry as I walked past.
Cornice - essentially all routes wet but if weather stays good then it shouldn't be too long before cetain routes will be climbable. e.g. Powerplant
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Was Why Me dry?
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I can't remember for certain. I looked briefly at that section and I'm sure that Orange Sunshine had wetness although Darl looked OK in the lower half.
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anyone been down over weekend? particularly two tier? thanks
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I'd be interested to know how two tier is faring if anyone's been?
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Utterly soaked on the weekend, including enbankment.
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still wet on monday too
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Reckon anything will be dry for tomorrow?
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Reckon anything will be dry for tomorrow?
:lol: :lol: :alky:
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Now then choads, surely stuff like max's wall and the embankment should be ok by now?
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I should think so, the sun's been out nearly two days now and we only had a month's worth of rain in the previous week.
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awesome! and there's the very real risk of being swept away by the river too - get in!
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So what's dry/ drying?
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Was at embankment today. Lots of seepage and run off. Stuff on left climbable, Sturgeon are soaked. Two Tier had a lot fo wet streaks coming from pockets etc...
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two tier dried out a fair bit over the day, case adjourned dry , darl/ countdown had various damp patches but a team on these and just about climbable apparently, also quality control drying up, all improving as we left at 6.
roll on summer...
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Thanks guys, good to know!
If anyone drops by Chee Tor please leave an update too! :yes:
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two tier dried out a fair bit over the day, case adjourned dry , darl/ countdown had various damp patches but a team on these and just about climbable apparently, also quality control drying up, all improving as we left at 6.
roll on summer...
Similar this evening, a few wet streaks from the deep pockets etc. but mostly very dry. Quality control had a bit of dampness right at the top but nothing that'll get in the way.
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Did anyone go last night? Mainly interested in two tier and Plum buttress? I heard it might have all been horribly condensed?
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Did anyone go last night? Mainly interested in two tier and Plum buttress? I heard it might have all been horribly condensed?
No, but bumped into some people at The Moon in Stoney who said they'd spent the day there clipping bolts, no idea which area though.
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Was good again last night. Darl/Countdown pockets looked to be seeping but climbers on Why Me, Quality Control and something around Celebration.
All of Embankment but Sturgeon dry, most of Max dry
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I've been out the last few nights and Cheedale seems much the same as it did on Monday:
Embankment etc. ok
Streak from deep holds on two tier
Plum buttress is ok.
all of it was sweaty.
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Felt a bit fresher down there this eve. Sturgeon now dry, all routes on Max dry too.
Two Tier looked much drier too but didn't actually walk over. Maybe a couple of damp spots in the break on the upper tier but all of lower tier looked good.
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any updates from yesterday/ weekend???
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two tier pretty much all dry yesterday. Upper tier was dry. Enbankment was all dry until the heavy rain came, probs better now.
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Two Tier was top notch this evening. Embankment looked fine too (no seepage anyway).
But looking at the forecast that might be it for a bit :wavecry:
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enbankment all dry today. max wall mostly dry. two tier very dry (only wet hold i found was the start sidepull jug on entree) and upper tier looked fine.
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the rain never appeared today, blue skies & sunshine! when we left at 4ish embankment, max & all of two tier were all bone dry :2thumbsup: (didn't look at the pocket on coutdown but i doubt it would have caused any problems)
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Anyone know the state of Chee Tor at the moment?
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Was around Upper Cheedale today, everything as far as Two Tier looked dry. I think it's a fairly safe bet from this that Cheetor should be fine, with the possible exception of a few stubburn bits like the crux bit of Ogre, the Lower groove on Apocalypse and maybe White Gold.
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Was around Upper Cheedale today, everything as far as Two Tier looked dry. I think it's a fairly safe bet from this that Cheetor should be fine, with the possible exception of a few stubburn bits like the crux bit of Ogre, the Lower groove on Apocalypse and maybe White Gold.
Had a look yesterday and looked exactly as jonboy says.
Cornice quite wet but some chalk on clarion call or martial music (can't remember which). However, still looked too wet for me to want to try it.
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Anyone had a peek at the cornice?
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Was gonna have a look yesterday but was too psyched to climb so pushed on.
The nook was drying out though so with a bit more of this weather then some of it will get there i guess (r-hand side, maybe powerplant area if we're lucky, and that 7c+ that always dries quickly)
Fingers crossed!!!
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N.B. the nook was completely dry earlier this year when the Cornice remained a grey streaky mess. Mark, if you're thinking about Nemesis etc. then you're barking up the wrong tree.
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Oh yeah, don't get me wrong, nemesis, roof warrior etc are fucked for the year!!!
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anyone looked at the cornice this week?
anyone know if toys for the boys is likely to be dry?
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Had a look on Sunday.
Clarion Call was dry, Powerplant dry and I think routes to the right.
Nettle Buttress looked OK from across the river.
Most other crags are dry - didn't get to Long Wall though as the nettles were too thick.
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anyone know if toys for the boys is likely to be dry?
Looked fine when I was over there last week.
Anyone know what the new line to the left of General Incompetence is?
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Anyone know what the new line to the left of General Incompetence is?
theres an old bolted proj there, did it have chalk on it?
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I think this old proj has recently been re-equiped, possibly by Bransby
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Cheers - I remembered the old project there - just wondered if it had been done.
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Ok today. Plenty of people out on Embankment and both levels of two tier.
Nettle buttress and max wall condensed out. Didn't look at the cornice but imagine it was similar.
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Martial Music looked dry and chalked if a bit grubby, but the lower parts of Clarion Call rightwards (ie the steep bits) were condenstated. Unleashing and the wall climbs all looked OK though.
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Clarion Call dry enough this morning but got condensated as the day went on. Martial Music was a bit grubbier but dry (two pockets a bit damp but climbable) and a bit less condensated.
The steep stuff to the right looked pretty condensated low down. Unleashing, Corless, Mandy etc dry
Embankment all dry though the top of the routes on the left looked like they had some run off, apparently most of Two Tier still good but dampness in the back of some pockets
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martial music now dry, climable and pretty clean, cordless almost do-able just a bit smeggy still, gave it a good clean but not quite there. Clarion call also dry but not much else yet.
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Lots of rain this morning but also a bit of sun and Embankment was dry except for when it was actually raining hard on some of the top-outs. From the main path, the left hand side of Two Tier looked quite streaky, think some seepage may have started, but difficult to tell. Right of centre looked ok still.
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Anyone got a view on whether the chee tor trad is worth a punt tomorrow? Non local so no idea really how it fares after wet, plus I've not really been following what the weathers been up to recently anyway!
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my guess is that it will be mostly dry, but humid and greasy.
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On Sunday Two Tier was very busy and presumably dry, on the embankment there were a number of undercuts seeping on Turbot, Prawnography and the routes just right. The routes further right around Sturgeon were all wet (seepage again). However some of the wettish routes in the middle were climbed, and Stone the Loach was all dry, probably secret gudgeon too I think. Forecast good this week so expect to be all dry next week. Hopefully back tomorrow!
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Probably silly optimistic :ohmy:, but hoping to get down to 2 Tier/Max's/Embankment at the weekend, so if anyone does go down between now and Saturday, any reports would be welcome :)
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For anyone interested, I had a look and it was wet. Maybe one or two doable routes on two tier, but not much.
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Anybody knowwhat the state of play is in the Dale?
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Just to reiterate: Chee Dale mostly looking good to go. Two Tier, Embankment and Max Wall all almost totally dry, but in need of a good early season brush! The Nook seeping a little, Nettle Buttress looked good (inc. Stung and Toys..), didn't venture down to the Cornice.
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Anyone been down here recently? Wondering if anything is dry, we've had a week of dry weather but im wondering if the recent snow will be melting down the crags and soaking everything, Cheers.
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Anybody been recently?
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My mate said that Dog's Dinner, Max, Embankment and Two Tier were dry on Sunday.
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Get in!
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Took a wander through the cornice earlier - Right hand side Cosmopolitan/Cordless madness all dry. Powerplant looks dry. Everything left of Ouijaboard suffering from wet streaks.
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Was on Dog's Dinner buttress last night, everything's dry there!
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Took a wander through the cornice earlier - Right hand side Cosmopolitan/Cordless madness all dry. Powerplant looks dry. Everything left of Ouijaboard suffering from wet streaks.
if anyone is around cornice would much appreciate a heads up when stuff left of ouijaboard is dryer as have to drive 2.5hrs up to peaks and realy wana get climbing at chee dale this year.
thanks
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Everything upstream from Chee Tor dry as a bone. ie Nettle Butttress, 2 Tier, Max Wall, Embankment etc. Didn't go as far as Long Wall though.
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would much appreciate a heads up when stuff left of ouijaboard is dryer
As of Saturday, still lots of wet streaks on the left hand side of the crag, as it takes a lot longer to dry than the right hand side. If you have any particular routes in mind, I can have a look next i'm there.
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Saw gaz at the foundry last night. He was saying he'd been and done the ogre which therefore must be dry
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Gave theoria in the nook a scrub yesterday, might need a little more brushing but pretty much ready to go.
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Cleaned Silence of the clams at embankment today, climbing is pretty good and the crucial holds seemed well attached at the minute. Just needs a bit more traffic!
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Two tier lower pretty much all dry tonight, just the odd thing on the left wet. Middle bit of Embankment looked dry with wetness at the ends (don't know route names, sorry).
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Any one know the conditions of cheedale cornice at the moment?
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Any one know the conditions of cheedale cornice at the moment?
Had a look last Sunday, barely a dry hold on the entire wall.
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Thanks for the reply...that's not good, any ideas on two tier?
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Thanks for the reply...that's not good, any ideas on two tier?
The odd damp spot when I was there but plenty of things to do. People were on Darl / Countdown / Why Me / Quality Control. Might have dried out a bit more in the last few days.
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Cleaned/gardeed some routes at chee tor today: sergeyanna, hergiani, parts of absent friends, goal of the month and the vs to the right of it. Also replaced the two threads on goal of the month. Crag largely dry but had a major dandelion infestation...have got rid of a lot of it now! Shoud be better once the next lot of rain dries out.
Also.saw some people on rhubarb buttress. Dogs dinner looked like it might be ok. Cornice completely gopping, positively dripping from most routes even around clarion call, and right hand side very damp looking.
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Cleaned/gardeed some routes at chee tor today: sergeyanna, hergiani, parts of absent friends, goal of the month and the vs to the right of it. Also replaced the two threads on goal of the month. Crag largely dry but had a major dandelion infestation...have got rid of a lot of it now! Shoud be better once the next lot of rain dries out.
good effort :thumbsup:
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Does anyone know if The Sea is a Brown Paper Bag is dry at the moment?
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Thinking of heading to Chee Dale tomorrow, I'll be looking at Blatent Buttress and Blackwell Halt on the Upper section, but my mates will be after some of the steeper stuff.
Any idea if it is worth the trip at the moment with the weather we have been having?
Cheers
Gary
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I was on Two Tier today. It was pretty much all dry and good conditions. Tops of some routes started to get wet in the rain but if the rain stops then that will dry off straight away. Max Wall and the Embankment looked the same. Definitely worth the visit.
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So did you do it then ?
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Thanks Mark, will give it a shot then.
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Two Tier all bone dry and good conditions this evening.
Long Wall all dry but most things looked like they need a quick brush. I gave Kiss Me Hardy a really good clean, great route, as good as anything else at the grade in the dale. I think Tim gave Fatal Attaction a quick clean last week too.
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Very dry but dirty on Long Wall today. Gave Brothers In Arms a bit of a brush, looks good.
It has always been seen as a poor version of the Cornice which is a pity, there are some good routes there. Certainly better than some of the crap covered in chalk on Two Tier.
The majority of the routes are well equipped but there are some good looking lines in desperate need of attention such as Breathless. Unfortunately it is a bit off the beaten track and the Peak climbing scene is disinterested. Perhaps all the bolts from the BMC better bolt campaign should be given back and redistributed to an area that wants them. Prove me wrong. Anyone :tumble:
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Anywhere on Cheedale that wont be miserable to climb today in this wet stuff and wind?
Not been before so any beta would be welcome!
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Lots of bits should stay dry in light rain. Cornice is a good bet by the sounds of it (take a brush), Two Tier lower and Embankment also stay mainly dry as long as the rain isn't persistent or heavy, looking out the window I'd say you'd be ok.
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The Nook is also drying out. There are a couple of damp holds at the start of lockless monster but it still saw a couple of ascents yesterday.
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Cleaned kiss me arcy at long wall earlier this evening, great climbing, hard for 7b, also kiss me hardy is in great nick.
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Walked through the dale today. All looking good. Nook is dry, obviously also Embankment and Two Tier. Cornice looked pretty much all dry, only wet streaks are down across Wright to Left and and Mescaline Power Trip, and on the River area. A few small damp patches under the roofs elsewhere, but mostly just needs a good clean. Cry of Despair looked all dry although there could some hidden damp I guess that I couldn't see.
:)
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As of last night, left hand side looking not far off - pretty dry on the rocks but in need of a good clean. Perhaps needs another week or so. From martial music rightwards - all good.
Two tier was also fine. Very tops of stuff getting a bit wet, but with the forecast as it is, should be fine again very quickly
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Cleaned white gold last night, good climbing and worth the trip over the river. Also did apocalypse which was a bit smeggy on pitch one but it's getting there. The best way to climb it would be one big pitch up to the lower off at the top of the groove.
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Any one been to Two Tier / Embankment in the last few days? Thanks
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No, we headed in Chee Tor direction (don't bother) but we spoke to a team who reckoned there were big streaks on most stuff on two tier. Maybe the odd route climbable but it didn't sound good.
As mentioned in t'other thread the cornice will need some sort of miracle to dry out in the near future, especially the left hand end.
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Thursday night embankment was completely soaked, but looked like it would dry in a couple of days if it caught some breeze. Main two two tier wall had a lot of damp patches especially around why me? and Darl but aberration/minos were all dry.
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Two Tier totally dry today, perfect conditions down there. Checked in on Cornice walking out. Still awful but if you were keen Jug Jockey looked just about doable...
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Can anyone give me an idea of connies down here recently?
Im planning to go this w/end and am aware that its been as wet as an otters pocket in Buxton the past week.
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Today Two Tier and Long Wall were perfectly dry, not a single wet route. Quite surprising really with all the rain. Embankment also bone dry but the Nook was a bit grim as usual.
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Given the positive reports from the tor, I thought it worth resurrecting the chee dale thread for 2014 :)
Anyone walked past two tier or embankment recently? :)
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Anyone been down Cheedale over the last couple of days? If so would appreciate a condition report update for Two tier, max wall, cornice (I know the last one is optimistic!)
Thanks
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Walked down there on Sunday 9th March, Two tier still seeping with only Sector minos looking dry from across the river at least. Open Gate and the 7a to the right looked dry. Max wall wet. Emabnkement was about 30% dry, Hungry eyes and the 6b were dry. After this weeks weather so far it should be much improved. Will be worth a look at the weekend.
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was on embankment last night. all dry but really dusty and smeggy. cleaned up and climbed stone the loach and hungry eyes. both now in good nick. Forgot how good Stone the loach is! Two tier still lots of streaks as has max buttress. not far off though!
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Was also there yesterday:
Cornice - obviously still soaking
Max Wall - wet in parts but getting there, touched a few holds low down and still soapy
Two Tier - Loads of wet patches and sections, we were on Open Gate which was one of the only things that was dry. Very soapy and smeggy higher up to the point we sacked it off
Embankment - Saw the guy posted above climbing, seemed to be enjoying the sunshine.
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Chee Tor is spotless.
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Yeah, no soil in sight I bet :lol:
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Embankment bone dry, few wet patches on max wall but everything looked climbable. Cleaned a few cobwebs of Max to the Wall. Didn't go across but two tier looked dry with a couple of streaks.
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Embankment was great on Wednesday.
Is it likely to be okay still after yesterday's rain (and tonight's forecast)?
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It was good today. Gave SitC a good scrub, i think pretty much all the routes on the main section have been climbed this year now.
Looking across at two tier today, the remaining big seepage patches from pockets that were there last week have continued to shrink, but generally the rock looked slightly damp. Think the early evening sun probably helped it although there was another shower afterwards.
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Any idea what two tier might be like tomorrow?
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Embankment good, max wall a bit wet, two tier goodish by the look of it (there were people on it).
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Yeah two tier was good, worth a trip. Bit smeggy in places but most things seemed well climbable!
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What day was this?
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Mal's post was Saturday related.
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Totally shot toda. Major new seepage lines, no dry routes on the embankment and the only ones that looked possibly ok on two tier were darl, countdown and the celebration area. It's also now started raining heavily so will get worse yet.
:(
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Walked under the Cornice today - its like a fucking waterfall.
Despite it being drenched there was still a huge tickmark visible on the lip of one of the routes right of Monumental - might have been jug jockey or last eggs before M1. So people, clean your fucking tickmarks off, cos mother nature ain't touching that shit.
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Any updates greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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Went 2tier sunday. Lots of seepage about, and sounds like it had got wetter from Saturday. A few things workable, but absolutely goddamn freezing. That said, a few days of the current weather should see it a lot drier. Embankment was mostly dry, except the 7c on the right looked mostly wet. No idea if cornice shaping up.
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A mate was at embankment on Monday doing sturgeon and said it was all climbable so improving fast
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Embankment and two tier completely dry yesterday. Nettle looked dry too.
Far right hand side of cornice just about dry, chalk on cordless madness (might have been cosmo). All other routes there still wet but the dry patches are now bigger than the wet ones and there's little dripping.
Chee tor looked dry.
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Don't know where else to post this but if anyone is going to go on The Spider then they should know the the bolt shaft of the bolt just round the lip of the main roof is showing through broken rock. It did hold my weight however.
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It has been like that for at least four years! One of the reasons I sacked off trying it.
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You're all gone soft! First people were complaining about the first bolt being too high (now lowered) and now the condition of the dogging bolt.
If there is an issue with the crux roof bolt then I will deal with it promptly. If the working bolt is dodgy then rest assured that the real one will catch you.
I have recently taken to putting antique hangers on dogging bolts when the rock is poor or is out of line just so people don't fully rely on them and keep it backed up.
But please confirm the state of the roof bolt?!!
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Hi Kristian,
I was just letting people know in case it bothered them. I didn't think that it looked like you would want to even try to clip through this part on the RP although definately use it for working. I was intending to go on it again to see if I can get a sequence to work through that bit as the two or three moves seem quite powerful - you got any beta for this?
The roof bolt seem OK although a little tarnish showing on the surface.
Derek
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You also have to keep an eye on the nut on that roof hanger as it gets pulled around all sorts of angles and tends to work loose. Would be nice to get resins in but I can't be arsed. Maybe a big fat chunky 12 will do the trick.
Gaz Parry on The Spider f8a, Spring 08. on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/5619906)
Here Gaz locks off on the poor left hold and sorts his feet. I remember some sort of urgent slap for the jug instead.
I have since tried his method which works quite well too.
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Any ideas of the current conditions at Chee Dale? Hoping to go this weekend, providing the weather figures out its June and not April... >:(
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Embankment fine yesterday, few wet patches on Sturgeon bulge but holds all dry. Two-tier looked mostly ok from across the river.
EDIT: not been on it for a few years but the big hold by the 3rd bolt on Sturgeon sounded very hollow, has it always been like that or is it a recent thing?
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Cheers, did you see what Max Wall was looking like?
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No seepage at Max but some holds getting wet in the rain this morning. Should be OK tomorrow.
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Excellent!
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Two tier was fine also yesterday if a little sweaty!
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All right today, maybe a little damp at places on Max Wall. People climbing on Two Tier and Nettle buttress too
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:jab: most stuff still dry though the nook is was starting to look damp again though this may just be condensation. Cornice still dry seepage was starting to come through at the bottom of k3 but still climbable.
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Thanks for the update.
I'd be keen to know how the place is at the end of this weekend (earliest opportunity to get back is now Mon night). Nat is on Big Zipper and I was thinking of having a crack at Taylor Made if it's finger (LH) friendly enough (and dry)?
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Taylor made should be rest for you word. Just a bit of a left hand edge on the bouldery start but you can drag it. the rest is big holds apart from a right hand edge/crimp in the roof.
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Thanks although I'm fairly injured this year Gus, finger went bang and then my shoulder went all floppy after I replaced climbing with rings like for like (resulting in a massively fatigued shoulder girdle, looking back this is a bit of a d'oh moment).
Haven't pushed it past the routes surrounding Clarion Call...
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hmmmm, top roof might not be great on the shoulder i guess!
The route's giving me a right spanking! failed again last night. Waaaaaaaaaaaa!
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hmmmm, top roof might not be great on the shoulder i guess!
The route's giving me a right spanking! failed again last night. Waaaaaaaaaaaa!
waaaaaa
what you need is some sea underneath it
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obvs. don't think that would help with connies though, salty sea minister scenes!
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Forgot to say that on Thurs I noticed the big spike/jug on War Memorial moving a lot more than usual. It's keyed in with a smaller block at the bottom end that also has some movement.
Toby had a go at getting rid but he didn't manage to remove it. I'm not sure what the best course of action is, it's certainly not a small block if it were to come off. Maybe because of the void behind it (there's an undercut that forms the bottom of the block) it'd need pinning rather than simply glueing?
Anyhow, take care.
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Cleaned up Monumental today and its now all good to go. Hopefully people get on it while its still dry!
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Cleaned up Monumental today and its now all good to go. Hopefully people get on it while its still dry!
Ha!
Tunnels looked considerably wetter than at the last visit, plus the wall seems to have partly collapsed where you leave the monsal trail to go down to the Cornice.
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Today.
Long Wall etc dry. Cleaned up Mystical attainment 7b+, another good rarely climbed Long Wall route. Crags like Max and Nook down at low level had picked up river mist and looked a bit dark and slidey.
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Nettle perfectly dry. Also a team at the Nook giving it its first scrub of the season, Lockless & Theora. Middle bit still a bit grim looking.
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Pedigree chum is now nice and clean to the half way ledge.
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Any news about cornice LH end?
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Nemesis was still inclimable today. Went up and felt the holds. Roof warrior and despair are both good to go
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nemesis clematis and bricktop now all clean and dry
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How much of the Cornice is hit directly by rain? Wondering if its worth going tomorrow during the forecast rain.
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It was raining there on Friday. I only noticed when I saw the drops on the river and a few spots on me near top on R hand side - that bit might get some run off but most routes will stay fairly dry
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Taylor made and feminin ego trip are clean and dry now.
I snapped the right hand gaston thing you hold for the dyno on feminine but it was only the side of it you still get 3 fingers. Looks harder though now. I kept the hold if anyone wantz to glue it back on
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Gonna go to town on monumental arm blaster tmrw just to let people know should be clean by tmrw afternoon
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Gonna go to town on monumental arm blaster tmrw just to let people know should be clean by tmrw afternoon
Good lad!
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Monumental is clean. Theres one jug which feels damp still but doesn't affect the route too much.
Gran techo is next to be cleaned tmrw i think!
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Gran techo clean!
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Apart from a bit of run off on Clarion Call the middle area was fine for climbing this afternoon, even if it wasn't primo conditions.
Left hand end pretty spoogy though.
If anyone's down tomorrow I'd appreciate an update on the left hand end.
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I highly suspect its just a little run off and condensation. Will be fine tmrw 99% sure :)
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Excellent conditions today
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Techno prisoners is now clean.
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Cornice pretty much all fine today, conditions improving as the day went on.
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Is it still alreet given the rain of the last few days? No real idea how it responds to downpours like we've had so any info appreciated. Particularly in the central bit with the grades I can actually attempt to climb!
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All good when I left at 8pm today
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Barney ragin clean
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Dreadnaught clean
Think aisan shadow player has had a bit of attention too.
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just to let every one know, everything is still primo down there, literally every route bone dry.
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No harm done by Wednesday's rain, still bone dry and proper minty.
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Will any of chee dale be in condition at the minute?
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Will any of chee dale be in condition at the minute?
Its mint at the moment grade 3, verging on grade 4 in some areas.....for canoeing. :clown:
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I will take a paddle then
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Today, Sunday, Embankment dry in the main, maxs wall streaky although would get something done, dogs dinner dry on the left and in the sun
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Great conditions at dogs dinner today, most routes dry from Go Cat going left
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Left end of dogs dinner dry this morning, most of the bouldering at that end in good nick
Rest of crag rightwards wet
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Hi, has anyone been down the dale this week? Might be wishful thinking but I was wondering what state the celebration/minos area would be in? I think there's been some embankment activity so has anyone looked across the river?
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Last week two tier was nearly all dry. Climbed on the upper tier, so walked past minos etc. They were all dry too. This was last week though so not sure if the weekend downpours have affected anything...
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I was there yesterday and it was pretty grim, Two tier looked pretty wet and most of Embankment was wet apart from The Man Who Fell to Earth and Arachonothera Direct which looked mainly dry.
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Last week two tier was nearly all dry. Climbed on the upper tier, so walked past minos etc. They were all dry too. This was last week though so not sure if the weekend downpours have affected anything...
cheers
and JB you son of a field mouse, I've got a punter point with your name on... whatever it is
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Embankment climbable on Sunday - some seepage on some routes (inc the 7cs). Looked like someone was on Aberration across the river.
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Embankment climbable on Sunday - some seepage on some routes (inc the 7cs). Looked like someone was on Aberration across the river.
Nice one ta
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All routes on the Embankment and Max currently wet to some degree, looked the same across the water.
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90~% dry on Max's, Dog's Dinner, Two Tier, Nettle, Embankment.
Even the nook looked like it was drying out, and the cornice has been much wetter. Stuff on the right hand end of the cornice is probably suitable for messing about on.
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Pretty much the same as above still, sadly. Cornice looks like it's going to need a while yet, unleashing possibly workable but everything left wet somewhere upwards of 50%.
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If anyone heads out to two-tier today I'd appreciate a conditions report, specifically why me.
Ta
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Chee Tor was dry on Sunday and I gave Mortlock's a clean.
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nice one! good to know!
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Why me was dry at the weekend but the recent rain may have made damp pocket a wet pocket.
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Why me was dry at the weekend but the recent rain may have made damp pocket a wet pocket.
Thanks
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Cleaned up toys for the boys. The pocket is still wet at 2/3 height but i found it didn't matter. Two tier is pretty dry too. More dry than wet. Gonads mono was wet though
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Anyone know if the spider is likely to be wet? Going tmrw so if anyone knows you would save me the arduous walk in.
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The only bit that gets wet is the easy bit at the start. Can't see it causing any problems for you beast!
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Oh yea totally forgot to mention the cornice. Cosmo on the right was dry and everything right of it. Unleashing wet and everything left wet
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Oh yea totally forgot to mention the cornice. Cosmo on the right was dry and everything right of it. Unleashing wet and everything left wet
I tried the spider on Sunday and it was all fine.
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Chee dale cornice looks pretty dry from RNP rightwards, Powerplant looked climbable and four door isnt far off being dry.
Clarion call dry and the three routes to the left. Should be looking better by the weekend if the warm weather continues. get the stiff brushes out.
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:clap2: :clap2: :clap2:
cornice season is approaching!!!
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:bounce:
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On Friday 22nd July
Chee dale cornice dry routes
Clarion and could of routes to left.
Love amongst b right wards pretty much all dry.
Four door, tho mud in big hold/ break
Nearly dry ( dry after a few more dry days maybe ? )
Bored
Ouijabord
This is the sea
Cry of despair
Power plant
Plenty of brushing required obviously
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General update from the Cornice:
Powerplant is clean/dry, K3 has had folk up it, and Four Door looks like it's had a tentative brush too (all dry). Clarion, Martial, Who's Line, and Big Zipper have all been done a shed load of times so they're all fine.
Further left things have improved rapidly. I gave Roof Warrior a clean today (so that should be on the cards), Cry of Despair looked dry, and even things surrounding the 'River' routes looked pretty to be dry (just very, very dirty). Nemesis looked like it needed a little longer, but with a bit of brushing who knows.
As such, the Cornice is open for business - just remember to bring your brushes!!
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I cleaned up 32 today too. Also did the proj that i bolted last year links that 7c+ right of cry of despair into rapid city. So theres a new 8a/+
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Any updates from today appreciated
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Mate's photo of it on FB today not looking good. In his words "see you there next year."
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I'm calling bull on it being screwed. It'll just be run off will be dry by monday :)
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I'd suspect that lime venues that get lots of runoff will be wet - but like Haydn says will dry fast - especially with wind (that there seems to be quite alot of at the moment..). Takes a while for the seepage to (ahem) seep through...
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I'm calling bull on it being screwed. It'll just be run off will be dry by monday :)
I think you're right, speaking to my mate he was over-egging it to wind people up. Fingers crossed and apols for the false doom-mongering!
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Mate's photo of it on FB today not looking good. In his words "see you there next year."
If he is winding people up it's more like "C U Next Tuesday!" :)
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Does anybody know if celebration has survived the weather? Or any of the dale for that matter?
Thanks
Matt
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Does anybody know if celebration has survived the weather? Or any of the dale for that matter?
Thanks
Matt
Probably too late now but all good yesterday (Two Tier, Embankment & Max, at least).
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Went up Clarion Call on the Cornice on Thursday, all dry except a couple of the jugs in the middle. Gave it a decent scrubbing whilst there. A party were on power plant and the routes to the right. Not much to else to go at yet, was still sopping everywhere else. Two tier looked really dry from across the river. Embankment was bone dry and max wall was fine.
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Went to long wall yesterday. There's still seepage there give it another week or two. Two tier looked in really good nick though
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Boobs boo and Gandalf Le Magicien all chalked and clean now.
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A couple of teams on the Cornice last night, looked surprisingly dry. Only had a quick look, Cry of Despair dry except for the undercut, Nemesis looked dry ish. Clarion etc and everything right dry.
We cleaned up European Female & Lady's Finger on the far right of Rhubarb Buttress down by the path. Excellent rock
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Boobs boo and Gandalf Le Magicien all chalked and clean now.
Nice, what about the Ogre? Also do you mean Tequila Mockingbird?
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The oger is dry but dirty and yes I meant tequila :)
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Nice one, cheers Haydn. Always wanted to try the Ogre but will prob hang on until it's had some traffic due to time limitations- i.e. I've got no time!
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Was going to long wall today but got distracted along the way by now dry the nook was. Cleaned possibly kalymnos 8a and theoria. Everything else was dry too. Cornice there was a team on cry of despair. Big zipper is now clean and the 4 7a's to the left are all dry too. The whole right hand side of the cornice is dry now. Come on guys gey your brushes out we are on for the best season in years
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Dogged up roof warrior yesterday, all dry, but the lower wall was very dirty, gave it a good scrub but could do with a bit more. My brother was on cry of despair, the undercut is very wet and unusable at the moment, needs a bit longer to dry.
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Systems malfunction, Darl (pitch one), quality control at Two Tier all clean as a whistle yesterday.
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Anyone know is Max wall is dry/clean?
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Max & Embankment both all dry yesterday
2 Tier looked all dry
What I could see of Long Wall was dry, ie the Meterol slab area
Moving Buttress & Plum buttress all dry
Dogs Dinner buttress looked dry
At the Cornice, Clarion and Powerplant both looked like all the holds were dry but with a few smeggy patches in between. Powerplant had chalk on. Butterflies rightwards dry. Cry of Dispair dry except for the undercut. Bored of the lies area probably not far off, just some dampness at the top. Forecast to be dry all week so it might in a pretty good state by then.
Day of Long Knives at Rhubarb dry.
Chee Tor all dry, including The Ogre.
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The Nook looked mostly dry too. Santiano, The Storm, Lockless & Theoria all looked climbable, everything else was not far off either. I think there was some chalk on Santiano
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Forgive my ignorance of Peak lime, but what are the chances of the Cornice being condensed tomorrow?
Also, is there a Peak equivalent to the Yorkshire and North Wales limestone partners/conditions FB groups? I tried searching but couldn't find anything.
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Apparently the cornice is seepage central (as of Sunday). "Everything from the stepping stones to R'n'P is wet with seepage or run off".
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Apparently the cornice is seepage central (as of Sunday). "Everything from the stepping stones to R'n'P is wet with seepage or run off".
Thanks, we'll go and swelter somewhere else.
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Forgive my ignorance of Peak lime, but what are the chances of the Cornice being condensed tomorrow?
Also, is there a Peak equivalent to the Yorkshire and North Wales limestone partners/conditions FB groups? I tried searching but couldn't find anything.
Yeah, there's a private and hidden FB group. Shark can hook you up probably.
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The downside is you have to friend me
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You gotta ask yourself, is it really worth it....
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You gotta ask yourself, is it really worth it....
Found another inside man ;)
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Apparently the cornice is seepage central (as of Sunday). "Everything from the stepping stones to R'n'P is wet with seepage or run off".
Was the same this morning, although I reckon R&P is climbable, only the bottom 3m is damp.
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The cornice was possibly wetter by 5 or 6 pm than it seemed to be in the morning.