M - Westway aerocap/ long endurance. 42 easy routes, ~500m, total about an hour on and an hour off. A good session.
T -
W - Shoulders, elbows, hips and knees conditioning. Still a bit tired.
T - Alpine start to meet Simon at High Tor at 9am for what were great conditions. Simon tried Supersonic but didn't commit to the move out of the groove. I got on Perseus which I’d done ten years ago with IainAM but couldn't remember anything about the climbing. The grey-point went pretty smoothly, it’s a very good E3 with no polish. Then tried Robert Brown, another repeat from the same era. I could remember a long step right and, combined with the guidebook warning not to stray left, perhaps encouraged me to misread the line and go too far right too low. More importantly, my tolerance for risk has probably reduced. I don’t mind going for it above solid gear but the crucial runners on Robert Brown are in a slightly expanding flake. If this blows my next piece was a cam in crumbly rock beneath Ariadne. If that pulls you’ll be close to or on the ground. I scuttled back to the ledge several times and eventually handed over to Simon who dispatched it without fuss. I then made a bit of a meal of leading the top pitch. I think I was just tired.
F - Tired. Sore fingers. Some half-hearted shoulder conditioning: side planks, hand-stands, press-ups.
S - Legs conditioning: single leg squats, frog squats, heel raises. Westway with the lad. He enjoyed himself, I top-roped a couple of 6b+/6cs and falls were held.
S - Brief fingerboard session: 20mm and 14mm four and three finger drags.
I’d been a bit nervous about climbing at High Tor as my last time ended with a helicopter ride to the Northern General so it was great to have an enjoyable and not too stressful day. After Uphill 7b+ crimps, High Tor pockets felt quite positive. Would like a day or two more of sport to sharpen my fitness before stepping up a grade on the trad.
T -
W - Shoulders, elbows, hips and knees conditioning. Still a bit tired.
T - Alpine start to meet Simon at High Tor at 9am for what were great conditions. Simon tried Supersonic but didn't commit to the move out of the groove. I got on Perseus which I’d done ten years ago with IainAM but couldn't remember anything about the climbing. The grey-point went pretty smoothly, it’s a very good E3 with no polish. Then tried Robert Brown, another repeat from the same era. I could remember a long step right and, combined with the guidebook warning not to stray left, perhaps encouraged me to misread the line and go too far right too low. More importantly, my tolerance for risk has probably reduced. I don’t mind going for it above solid gear but the crucial runners on Robert Brown are in a slightly expanding flake. If this blows my next piece was a cam in crumbly rock beneath Ariadne. If that pulls you’ll be close to or on the ground. I scuttled back to the ledge several times and eventually handed over to Simon who dispatched it without fuss. I then made a bit of a meal of leading the top pitch. I think I was just tired.
F - Tired. Sore fingers. Some half-hearted shoulder conditioning: side planks, hand-stands, press-ups.
S - Legs conditioning: single leg squats, frog squats, heel raises. Westway with the lad. He enjoyed himself, I top-roped a couple of 6b+/6cs and falls were held.
S - Brief fingerboard session: 20mm and 14mm four and three finger drags.
I’d been a bit nervous about climbing at High Tor as my last time ended with a helicopter ride to the Northern General so it was great to have an enjoyable and not too stressful day. After Uphill 7b+ crimps, High Tor pockets felt quite positive. Would like a day or two more of sport to sharpen my fitness before stepping up a grade on the trad.