Thought I'd try here first, with requests for Gogarth info...Has anyone ever seen the crack which forms P1 of Tet Offensive dry? I've traversed under it many times, and it has always been dripping. I suppose a mid-summer evening ascent would be the best bet, once the sun has come round to shine into the crack, but benightment-risk might then kick in.Also, one of the reasons that pitch looks so hard, is that the wall it runs up is really leaning. This is very apparent when you look across at it from the platform under Syringe / Camel. So in that area, who has done Sebastopol? Assuming it starts up the vague thin crack which is the first feature right of Tet, which also happens to be on this tilted wall, then how on earth could it have ever been given E4 6a (or whatever it was). I think this starting crack is E5 6b, and when you get to the top of it, you're only 30ft up a 300ft route...
In fact, pretty sure Rab & Martin may have tried it...with U??...and had a similar experience. Funny pitch, looks piss from sea level!
Big up for Sebastapol BTW but prep' for a
Wastelands - good, but pretty worrying 2nd pitch. More E5 than 4
Quote from: RichK on July 18, 2011, 12:39:13 pmIn fact, pretty sure Rab & Martin may have tried it...with U??...and had a similar experience. Funny pitch, looks piss from sea level!Yep - that was with me. I thought Rab would be game for it, particularly after he enjoyed Alien so much . Anyway, when chatting to him this very weekend, he confessed that actually he hates Gogarth!
Big up for Sebastapol BTW but prep' for a Yep, I'm definitely going to have another go sometime, but fear I may need a new team! I read in someone's blog that P2 is harder climbing than P1. It may be graded as such, but does it really compare to that starting crack for sheer difficulty / strenuousness...?
I need to get on some trad, stuck in the sport climbing vortex
Quote from: RichK on July 19, 2011, 03:14:10 pmI need to get on some trad, stuck in the sport climbing vortex... and me Rich, i am getting deeply paranoid about losing trad mojo and becoming a clipsticking pansy. The talk of Gogarth semi-esoterica is getting me psyched though! GIve me a shout if you are keen anytime this summer!
ditto. The Pass has lots of chalked up prizes to go at
Quote from: RichK on July 31, 2011, 07:13:07 am ditto. The Pass has lots of chalked up prizes to go at were it not for the Biblical rainstorm that arrives every time i set off on anything harder than VS in the pass, i'd have been right in there.
were it not for the Biblical rainstorm that arrives every time i set off on anything harder than VS in the pas