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Come on people!!! At least give us some more detail on your best things, even if you aren’t filling every catagory!!! This thread is surely so much more than just a cold list, what makes it so good is the delve back into the memory box and sharing those lucky 1st go battles, those beautiful perfect redpoints, great days out at the crag, etc etcJust as I write this, I see Stabbsy has filled his list out a bit more - nice one
Beretta; this was the first hard thing I did following my knee injury. It took several sessions and micro-beta changes etc, and was very rewarding in terms of feeling like I'd actually somewhat returned back to form. I also did it on a lovely sunny day, in some nice dappled shade, with my friends. Delightful.
Fucking grit.
Gynacology 7A, Kingussie - a surprisingly cool line in the midst of an otherwise unpromising heathery hillside. Not necessarily better than some other problems I did, but I found it, which always makes the thing more memorable.
Best DWS1. Had a great day at Fisherman’s Ledge with two car loads of mates up from Cornwall for the day. Did a bunch of the classics including Freeborn Man (E4). The highlight was The Vanishing (E5/7a+) - battled through on my second attempt at the end of the day.
That sounds like a mint day out, particularly finishing up with The Vanishing. It just looks so unlikely when you're perched in the back of the cave staring out through the roof.
Didn't do any new boulder problems this year.Top 3 sport climbs: Call of Nature (8a, the Tor), Crusin' for a Brusin' (7b+, Yew Cougar), Celebration (7c, Two Tier).Top 1 trad climb: Central Route, E1 5b, Wilton 1 (first trad this century )Didn't climb abroad.
Quote from: andy moles on December 29, 2022, 05:42:34 pmGynacology 7A, Kingussie - a surprisingly cool line in the midst of an otherwise unpromising heathery hillside. Not necessarily better than some other problems I did, but I found it, which always makes the thing more memorable.When did you do this? We were in Kingussie summer before last, and walked the path up and over the top of Creag Bheag, must have only missed it by meters. Be good to have an OS ref if you have one.
Magician's Nephew 6B, Queens Crag. One of the highlights from a spring trip to Northumberland. Great moves, very aesthetic, and high enough to be exicting.
Trav proj at Moat Buttress (basically a short version of Against the Current) - Put quite a few sessions in to this and worked out some nice beta, only for some of the holds to fall off. Worked out some more beta but then it got hot and it was pretty much a write off for the rest of the summer. Definitely a spanking in terms of not getting close, but psyched for a rematch. Maybe that is more light flagellation than a full spanking?