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power club / Re: Power Club 750 22-28 April 2024

« Last post by Fultonius on Today at 12:59:21 pm »

Another hiatus for me. Been patchy recently with A2 management and life stuff getting in the way.

But...

Trip report!

Friday 19th:  Tentative session at Brin, partner wanted to try "It's high End 8!" - (7b+) so just had a few Tr laps on that, making sure not to tweak a finger on the wee crimps. 3rd lap linked it clean but held off leading as I wanted to make sure I got to Pabbay with no sore fingers!
Sat 20th: couple of E1s at Glen Nevis, drove to Skye.
Sunday 21st: Boat to Pabbay from Skye (4 hrs), managed an E1 and a TR of an E4/5 as mate's had a rope on it.
Monday 22nd: Easing in with a trip to Allanish walls, led Fracture Clinic and As Sound as a Mr Ja, both E2, both great fun.
Tuesday 23rd: Prophecy of Drowning - so....So good. One of the best E2s in the country.
Wednesday 24th: Spit in Paradise. Mental. Just bikers how much this things overhangs. E4, but all pitches no harder than E3. So much fun, and my fitness is clearly good as I only had a sniff of pump on the first pitch crux, then nothing the rest of the way,
Thursday: Poop deck - Who killed JR was delightful at E2 and I laughed my whole way up it as the holds were just so pleasingly good! Seconded a few things (climbing as 3) and then strapped on for the big one - Thursday's Setting Sunrise. Very steep E5 crack, probably 20/25 degrees overhanging! Pumpy and technical jamming, roofs, good gear. Got it clean but had to fight - those jamming muscles less fit than the crimping ones!
Friday: Felt quite fatigued by this point, but wanted to get another classic done. Sugar Cane Country was just phenomenal!  What a ride. I was a bit more tentative than on previous days, just through slight lack of head rest (maybe not best sleep) but felt smooth on it, kept the pump pretty manageable and read all the moves. Good times!

Sat/Sun - lazing / packing / boat / travel.

83.5kg....heaviest ever, but managing steep and pumpy E4s with almost no pump. E5 less so but good. Plenty power, fingers strong. Odd.

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shootin' the shit / Re: Cunty Drone Man - rural myth or real life rock star?

« Last post by tomtom on Today at 12:55:17 pm »

I’m confused as your original intervention was railing against the thread itself:

I don’t think anyone was condoning swear-shouting when people fall off. I expect many of the adults on the thread would agree with you that’s it’s not on and a bit embarrassing if that was your point.
Or are you just moving the debate on to a supplementary point?

Yeah - that was my impression. It would have been much simpler for Tony to state at the beginning "please don't use the word C*nt, I don't like it" instead of steering the conversation towards the topic in a rather strange way.

Oh well.

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beta - bouldering / Tombstone at Cheddar Gorge

« Last post by Adam Lincoln on Today at 12:51:52 pm »

Anyone got directions to this for a fleeting visit. Dont have a guide, if its even in one?

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music, art and culture / Re: Assisted Dying, UK Parliament

« Last post by MischaHY on Today at 12:21:36 pm »

Having witnessed the effect on my close family of my grandmothers slow descent into alzheimers over a five year period I agree that it would be better for everyone with a similar diagnosis to be able to go gently into the good night. There's no grace in losing your mind and memories.

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news / Re: significant repeats

« Last post by fatneck on Today at 11:38:15 am »

Matt Wrights just done Rhapsody

Mega effort!! been great to follow his progress 

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power club / Re: Power Club 750 22-28 April 2024

« Last post by SA Chris on Today at 10:56:31 am »

A surprisingly productive week for once.

M - Lunch - stamina on board, 1 min on 1 min off. Surprisingly tiring. 11k hill run in evening forcing myself to slow pace, after doing 21 km the day before.
T - 4 k leg stretch in evening.
W - 5 k walk home from garage. Did some lifts in the evening
T - easy pace 6 km run with a mate. Bouldered on board in evening.
F - nowt
S - did a couple of routes at Yellow Crag. 5+ and 6a+ first tome on a rope on rock this year. All felt a bit hard but felt good. Bouldered a bit after.
S - Balmoral 15 mile race for my 55th. Weather mostly OK, nice and cool. Felt good for most of the race, thought I might be on for 2 hours, but headwind got stronger and stronger as I was going up the bastard long hill was joined by rain in the face as I started the descent, and knew I had nothing left. 2:03:10, still a pb from when I last did it in 2018.   
 

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music, art and culture / Re: Assisted Dying, UK Parliament

« Last post by chriss on Today at 10:39:08 am »

Wow heavy indeed, possibly deserving of a woke 'trigger warning '

My older brother died of cancer about 25 years ago when he was only 23. Sitting watching him die slowly with my parents and younger brother is the most freeing, but horrific experience I've ever had.

The only save grace was that they pumped him so full of morphine he wasn't in pain. Given the choice he & we as a family would of ended his life earlier and with more dignity.

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shootin' the shit / Re: Cunty Drone Man - rural myth or real life rock star?

« Last post by Fiend on Today at 10:32:20 am »

Please fucking well consider helping to fund a fucking replacement bridge at Cunt-brook Mill by donating to the PDNP Foundation's fundraiser for this at: https://shorturl.at/cesz8

You cunts can also donate by:

Bank transfer to ‘Peak District National Park Foundation’, sort code 20-10-71, account 63364895, Barclays Bank, quoting Cunt-brook Bridge
Cheque made payable to Peak District National Park  Foundation with your cuntact details and marked Cunt-brook Bridge to Aldern House, Baslow Road, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1AE

However, if you fuckers want to add gift aid (giving them an additional 25%), you’ll need to email them for a gift aid form to complete.

Nice one to all those fucking cunts who have already donated.

Works for me 

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shootin' the shit / Re: Cunty Drone Man - rural myth or real life rock star?

« Last post by Teaboy on Today at 10:13:37 am »

I’m confused as your original intervention was railing against the thread itself:

Wow! A thread for adult men to -ostensibly- find amusement in typing the c-word and variations thereof.

UKB truly at its best.

I don’t think anyone was condoning swear-shouting when people fall off. I expect many of the adults on the thread would agree with you that’s it’s not on and a bit embarrassing if that was your point.
Or are you just moving the debate on to a supplementary point?

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shootin' the shit / Re: Cunty Drone Man - rural myth or real life rock star?

« Last post by slab_happy on Today at 10:10:34 am »

If a person chooses to get their “kicks” by offending others, what does that say about a person?

N.B. that I said nothing about the kick coming from offending others.

The value of swear-words as expressions of strong emotion may come partly from their being socially taboo, but (for example) if I burn myself on a hot pan and say "fuck!" while in my flat on my own, that has nothing to do with "offending others". Nor am I "getting my kicks" out of it.

And if a person chooses to repeatedly come into the thread with a swear-word in the title in order to be offended that it contains swearing, what does that say about them?