M - The Reach with csl. Warmed-up with the usual shoulder conditioning, hip flexibility and a tiny bit of fingerboarding. Attempted routes to 7a. A good session: some falling off and I felt stronger on small holds than for some time.
T - Battered. Hip flexibility. Walked 10km. Inspected gutters using phone attached to pongoose clipstick (the adjustable head works well for this) mirroring to laptop. Felt competent. Cleaned out leaves blocking the downpipe with a spoon attached to the clipstick. Felt useful.
W - Hip flexibility, shoulder conditioning.
T - High Tor with shark. ‘Warmed-up’ on Right To Roam (E2), his new one that follows Original Route to about 2/3 height then roams diagonally left crossing Perseus, Darius, and Ariadne’s, finishing up Robert Brown. Got as far as Darius but was feeling out of sorts so retraced my steps back to Original Route and ended up doing this. RtR is a typical High Tor diagonal: unobvious but the line makes sense when you’re on it. It’s an amenable grade and the climbing was good as far as I got. I’d like to go back and finish it off when I'm feeling a bit more confident.
Reset on Memories (6a) on the right wing. Apparently I did this in 2016 and 2017 but ironically I can’t remember either time (the second was just before dislocating my shoulder which dominates my recall of that day). The sun came out, I drank tea, and life improved. Led Zed Legs (E1) and Y Front (E2), both very worthwhile. I found the latter quite tricky, Simon scampered up it. Probably should have done another route but was feeling tired. A two stop drive home: slow but safe.
F - Short fingerboard session (20 and 15mm rungs; crimp, half-crimp and 3 finger drag; 4-6 seconds x 2 each).
S - Short fingerboard session. Was feeling a bit under-par so nothing on the 15mm rungs. Walked 11km. Fidelio at the Royal Opera. Great singing and playing, not a fan of the production.
S - Hip flexibility, shoulder conditioning.
A bit disappointed by my efforts on Right to Roam but most of us have days like this. It's been two and a half months since my last significant trad. (Space Cadet) so I was possibly being a bit ambitious. A 5am start and 3+ hours drive doesn't help either. After nearly nodding-off on the drive home last month I should probably call time on solo day trips to Derbyshire.
I feel like my fingers are getting a little stronger and am relatively free of tweaks but need a bit of time on rock.
T - Battered. Hip flexibility. Walked 10km. Inspected gutters using phone attached to pongoose clipstick (the adjustable head works well for this) mirroring to laptop. Felt competent. Cleaned out leaves blocking the downpipe with a spoon attached to the clipstick. Felt useful.
W - Hip flexibility, shoulder conditioning.
T - High Tor with shark. ‘Warmed-up’ on Right To Roam (E2), his new one that follows Original Route to about 2/3 height then roams diagonally left crossing Perseus, Darius, and Ariadne’s, finishing up Robert Brown. Got as far as Darius but was feeling out of sorts so retraced my steps back to Original Route and ended up doing this. RtR is a typical High Tor diagonal: unobvious but the line makes sense when you’re on it. It’s an amenable grade and the climbing was good as far as I got. I’d like to go back and finish it off when I'm feeling a bit more confident.
Reset on Memories (6a) on the right wing. Apparently I did this in 2016 and 2017 but ironically I can’t remember either time (the second was just before dislocating my shoulder which dominates my recall of that day). The sun came out, I drank tea, and life improved. Led Zed Legs (E1) and Y Front (E2), both very worthwhile. I found the latter quite tricky, Simon scampered up it. Probably should have done another route but was feeling tired. A two stop drive home: slow but safe.
F - Short fingerboard session (20 and 15mm rungs; crimp, half-crimp and 3 finger drag; 4-6 seconds x 2 each).
S - Short fingerboard session. Was feeling a bit under-par so nothing on the 15mm rungs. Walked 11km. Fidelio at the Royal Opera. Great singing and playing, not a fan of the production.
S - Hip flexibility, shoulder conditioning.
A bit disappointed by my efforts on Right to Roam but most of us have days like this. It's been two and a half months since my last significant trad. (Space Cadet) so I was possibly being a bit ambitious. A 5am start and 3+ hours drive doesn't help either. After nearly nodding-off on the drive home last month I should probably call time on solo day trips to Derbyshire.
I feel like my fingers are getting a little stronger and am relatively free of tweaks but need a bit of time on rock.
