Did you see any Red Squirrels?
S. Sport climbing at Trevor. First and last time here, crock o' shit. Hoards of people, playing loud music, lighting fires, tons of loose rock.
Sport climbing at Trevor. First and last time here, crock o' shit. Hoards of people, playing loud music, lighting fires, tons of loose rock.
Thanks for the heads-up about Trevor. One of my aims this year was to climb at some new crags (so far, three trips to Portland!) and Clywd limestone was on the list as being doable from London. What might be worth the traveling?
Quote from: duncan on July 13, 2020, 11:14:10 amThanks for the heads-up about Trevor. One of my aims this year was to climb at some new crags (so far, three trips to Portland!) and Clywd limestone was on the list as being doable from London. What might be worth the traveling?The obvious candidates:Dinbren - short bouldery/power endurance routes. A delightful outlook. A handful of 6s, quality starts at around 6c+/7a.Devil's Gorge - the best climbing in the Clwyd IMO but conditions can be fickle. Quality starts at 7b.Llanymynech - half decent 6s and low 7s in the main quarry. The climbing won't blow you away but maybe worth it for the novelty of 35m+ routes. Now the bird ban is lifted, Red Wall is good in the 6c-7a+ range. Very 3D climbing and has quite an adventurous feel.
The obvious candidates:Dinbren - short bouldery/power endurance routes. A delightful outlook. A handful of 6s, quality starts at around 6c+/7a.Devil's Gorge - the best climbing in the Clwyd IMO but conditions can be fickle. Quality starts at 7b.Llanymynech - half decent 6s and low 7s in the main quarry. The climbing won't blow you away but maybe worth it for the novelty of 35m+ routes. Now the bird ban is lifted, Red Wall is good in the 6c-7a+ range. Very 3D climbing and has quite an adventurous feel.
I went to Dinbren just after coming back from a 6 week trip to Loup and Verdon. I nearly quit climbing that day (I'm sure it's decent really, just not what I needed for my head at that moment!)
Worth noting that Dinbren and Craig Arthur have some pretty decent looking trad on them if you’re doing that right now Duncan
...generally not feeling very brave.
I keep meaning to try to do some of it and never quite managing (it’s not an entirely unreasonable distance from my in-laws house in Birmingham - further than Churnet/Roaches but not I don’t think any worse than Stanage etc)
Dinbren is not Verdon shocker!