Bumped into shark’s mate Dave
didn’t talk about the BMC.
First trad. climbing for a year and first time at Gogarth since the 1990s (other than a day repeating Dream). All of which would be completely baffling to my 20 and 30 something version who counted Gogarth as his favourite cliff in the UK and where I climbed my biggest numbers. If this weekend is anything to go by, folk now prefer the more convenient mini-adventures offered by Rhoscolyn (or Pembroke): no getting late back for childcare duties or your bar job, no scrambling around collapsing grass ledges or thrashing through heather in downturned shoes, just abseil in and climb back up to your trainers. I loved every minute of it: the sea level traverse, carrying too much gear then placing nearly all of it in a pitch, sore thumbs from pinching fins, the sense of isolation.
If this weekend is anything to go by, folk now prefer the more convenient mini-adventures offered by Rhoscolyn (or Pembroke)
Heard it here first: Shark invents a gunslinger move to get him up the Oak...
Quote from: duncan on September 07, 2020, 02:10:18 pm Bumped into shark’s mate Dave Marsh?
Quote from: duncan on September 07, 2020, 02:10:18 pmIf this weekend is anything to go by, folk now prefer the more convenient mini-adventures offered by Rhoscolyn (or Pembroke)Not everyone Duncan. We did a big Gogarth route 4 days on the trot last weekend. After that we had to go home for a rest...
Think higher up...
Quote from: shark on September 07, 2020, 02:34:17 pmQuote from: duncan on September 07, 2020, 02:10:18 pm Bumped into shark’s mate Dave Marsh?QuoteThink higher up...Ah Turnbull. Hope we are still mates anyway. Understandable if not. My criticisms of him are solely professional