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#25 Re: Favourite wall climbs
November 14, 2008, 10:12:45 am
How about this for a wall in North Wales.....http://web.mac.com/mark.reeves/iWeb/Markreevesinstruction1/Video%20Podcast/E24B3EB8-F6E1-44BC-813B-59ABC8AC5540.html.  Think it is in the Crafnant Valley.  The bottom half is a 7b boulder problem apparently but gets E7 if you top out!

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#26 Re: Favourite wall climbs
November 14, 2008, 10:40:11 am
Nice link John, the bottom section looks like really good moves on reasonable holds.

I think you should look closer to home Tom and finish off Catalepsy, Breakaway and Monoblock when conditions improve! You know I'll be psyched for a session on the latter when the temps drop.

We should make an effort to get to Curbar too so I can jump about on Hurricane and Ben's Wall whilst you crimp up nothing on WOB  ;)

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#27 Re: Favourite wall climbs
November 14, 2008, 11:45:38 am
Good shout Ricardo, although I'm surprised to hear you pushing Pex! I'd say I'm unlucky with getting Pex in nick generally although I'm sure BenF will pipe up that's "it's in the best nick ever at the moment" as is per usual  ::)  ;)

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#28 Re: Favourite wall climbs
November 14, 2008, 12:17:28 pm
Looking to revamp a section of my personal ticklist at the moment and rather than run around like a kid in a sweetshop, I'd like to draw upon collective knowledge to gain some suggestions.

Newsflash:  Monolith asks question about climbing shock!

I thought you only did architecture, culture and techno.  We should go climbing sometime...   ;)

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#29 Re: Favourite wall climbs
November 14, 2008, 12:37:25 pm
Fingers in many pies my friend. Do you want to go to Crafnant soon?

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#30 Re: Favourite wall climbs
November 14, 2008, 12:41:34 pm
Yes.  It's lovely up there and I need to finish off Wonderwall.  Could do with cooler, less midgy conditions than on my previous visit too.  Would need to be well dry before trekking up there again.

Some good stuff suggested on this thread mate, get to it.  Am surprised to see you asking about stuff on grit though, I thought you were in with the Owen and that greasy ginger anti grit club.

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#31 Re: Favourite wall climbs
November 14, 2008, 12:59:58 pm
I'm strangely keen for Curbar and Almscliff at the moment but other than that, it's most definitely still limestone season (which seems to have a 365 days a year appeal every time I come back from another miserable day out on some dank windswept luck based scrittly excuse for a crag).

You'll see sense one day Benedict.

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#32 Re: Favourite wall climbs
November 14, 2008, 07:51:52 pm
and finish off Catalepsy, Breakaway and Monoblock

Deary, deary me Tom. Go and stand in the corner.

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#33 Re: Favourite wall climbs
November 16, 2008, 11:33:23 pm
Andy, I'll have to put my hands up and confess that I've never really given Lady Jane the time of day it deserves. Worryingly, I've invested the bulk of my time into Pisa wall! I'll be sure to make amends in the coming weeks and sort myself out. 

Incidentally Andy, you might like  interrogate Mr Crouch regarding his opinions on the finer points of Pex eliminate rules! A barrel of laughs from start to finish I think Mr Farley will concur.


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#34 Re: Favourite wall climbs
November 17, 2008, 12:02:57 am
Hank's Wall.
Never been one of my favourites, but a lspot of people think it's classic (and a sandbag at 7a+).

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#35 Re: Favourite wall climbs
November 17, 2008, 08:27:56 am
I've invested the bulk of my time into Pisa wall!

You will then of course be perfectly au fait with that crimpiest of wall climbs, North-west sit down. Won't you?

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#36 Re: Favourite wall climbs
November 17, 2008, 09:19:23 am
North West overhang ss... now why does that ring a bell  :-\  :whistle:

I suppose I'll have to go back with some officials and the rulebook to make sure it's right next time. More keen to figure out how the hell to do SW overhang from SS though! Was trying some weird heel-toe lock and a horrific deadpoint to get matched.

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#37 Re: Favourite wall climbs
November 17, 2008, 10:02:35 am
That's how Pete did it. R-hand in obvious square slot in low break, L-hand just left. Pull on and go the L-hand starting hold on the stand-up, heel-toe with R-foot in obvious slot, come over with R to R-hand starting hold on stand-up, move feet and then you're into the stand-up. I was starting the same but going with L to obvious round natural pocket, moving feet a bit left (and facing left) going over with R to R-hand starting hold on stand up, hard move to get L into L-hand starting hold, move feet and then into stand up. Despite coming agonisingly close a number of times I haven't ticked this.

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#38 Re: Favourite wall climbs
November 17, 2008, 12:18:57 pm
I'm strangely very psyched for this Andy. Had a breif play with Crouch last winter season so keen to get involved again. Shit, I'm getting a bout of Pex eliminate psyche!!

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#39 Re: Favourite wall climbs
November 17, 2008, 12:22:14 pm
I suppose I'll have to go back with some officials and the rulebook to make sure it's right next time.

Rules?  You mean like using the holds that are included in the problem?  Anyone can jump to that break. :P  You should have heard the laugh from Will and Ewan when I told them your "sequence".




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#40 Re: Favourite wall climbs
November 18, 2008, 08:32:11 am
I'm strangely very psyched for this Andy. Had a breif play with Crouch last winter season so keen to get involved again. Shit, I'm getting a bout of Pex eliminate psyche!!

Hart's one handed anyone...

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#41 Re: Favourite wall climbs
November 18, 2008, 08:34:46 am
Is Northumberland too far? Was thinking on the weekend that you couldn't throw a stick without hitting a crimpy wall.

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#42 Re: Favourite wall climbs
November 18, 2008, 01:15:26 pm
You're not wrong Chris. The sit start to hitchhikers is at the top of my list. Any recommendations at Bowden?

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#43 Re: Favourite wall climbs
November 18, 2008, 01:50:55 pm
His Eminence, Dog Eat Dog, Captain Haddock, Traverse into The Manta and Child's play are ones that stick out as probably your kind of thing Tom.
 

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#44 Re: Favourite wall climbs
November 18, 2008, 02:01:03 pm
Did Child's Play on Sunday, after bottling it every time I have walked past previously. Definitely more slab / Arete than wall tho'.



Did The Scoop, which I really enjoyed. wallish, but also scoopish (obviously).

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#45 Re: Favourite wall climbs
November 18, 2008, 03:57:20 pm
Child's Play is well Jackson, I need to finish it off! Scary stuff. Great picture though.

 

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