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the shizzle => bouldering => Topic started by: i.munro on May 21, 2012, 05:30:39 pm
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Help. :please:Please I'm stuck in nottingham this evening. Back in the day when I used to live here, there were three spots for a quick sesh outdoors in nottm. Are any still in use? I just checked the forest & it looked long abandoned.
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Trent bridge still used as is the wall at the university. Sorry, prob a bit late now!
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Thanks anyway. Could still turn out to be useful.
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Late to the party with this info, sorry :-[
Depends when you last visited Tent Bridge (I've used it on and off since around 84) but now all the action seems to be on the County Hall side; the tunnels don't really appear used that much (or rather as much as they were) apart from the RH side (facing downstream) of the tunnel nearest the river - the old training traverese on the LHS appears to have suffered at the hands of the sandblasters (?) as its nothing like it used to be in paces :shrug: on Notts Forest side the old traverse that used to go behind the tree is pretty much unclimable due to the hawthorn getting much bigger. The walls were sandblasted a while back I believe (?) which significantly altered the character of the monos on the County Hall side - still a good stamina exercise and pretty sustained at that just a bit harder than it used to be so around F6b/6c depending as ever on which holds you permit yourself - as usual avoid if Forest playing at home or be prepared for some helpful commentary ...
Uni (Terrace Wall - its on UKC) is still as crimpy as ever and the traverses are still excellent including a very stiff 6a on the LH Upper wall ...
Forest wall as you say appears unused now - I live nearby and have not seen anyone training on there for years so if you do go it will be very sandy...
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It wasn't the sandyness that put me off so much as the prospect of it fallin down :oops:
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Thanks guys. Had a very pleasant evening on the terrace wall.