COLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Went to the local wall after school again. Wasn't trying anything imparticular but i did traverse about 60metres without coming off. Then i went to Bamford Edge with Chris Weedon on Saturday, which was a good day out doing Stuff from VS to E2. I also soloed 2 Diffs in muddy walking boots. A rather good day that finished on the jugs of Gargoyle Flake (VS 4c). But not all went to plan. After Chris had got himself up Master Blaster (E1 5c) with lots of up and down climbing. I tried to second it and fell as the rope came tight i suddenly dropped once again and ended up on the floor. It turns out that part of the belay slipped causeing Chris to loose balance from his standing stance, presumable slipping on the thick frost. I looked up to see him upside down looking into the grotty corner. After a couple of minutes the belay was re arranged and after exchanging "are you alright?"i was on my way agian and i fell again but this time Chris was sat on the edge and all was good. I fell a few more times then decided to give up and escaped up the VDiff corner to the right. It was a VERY COLD day.

On sunday i went again to the local wall and had another go at my project and couldnt do it but i had fun anyway.

Thanks for the day out Chris.

Rest days. Don't bother with them.

I went to the local bouldering wall after school on friday where i didnt do much but i did like an arete problem which i have been trying on and off for ages. On Saturday i went to Climb Rochdale to try the leading ladder. i didnt climb too well on the comp routes. At the end on the session i dogged up a f7A and did surprisingly well. There was a bouldering comp on that i didnt know about (not that i entered it) where they were giving aawaay free posters and stickers. And finally on Sunday i arranged that Chris would pick liam and brandon up then come and get me from the train station. Then dirve us up to Burbage South. I did some good slabby bouldering here but the highlight of this part of the day has to be watching Alex honnold lead Parthian Shot (E9 6c). We then went back to the carpark to find that some pillock had blocked us in, however a kind woman moved her car to let us out so that we could get off to Higgar Tor. Here we parked as close as possible and just walked across the field to the cliff. The main wall is alot more overhanging than i expected. I tried to onsight Brillo (E1 5c) this was a bit optimistic but i would have rather done a hard well protected route as oppose to a easy but runout and dangerous route. In the end i couldnt do the crux. The best bit of this day was watching liam s**ting himself at the top of a 10m VS 4c when he didnt think he could do the move. All in all a great day out.

Thanks for the lift Chris.

Garage Wall

I have now built the first part of my garage wall. it has a small vertical section at the bottom (so we could fit the main bit through the door) which is about 25cm tall. and the rest of the 3m height is 25ish degrees overhanging. Although one side overhangs slightly lees than the other because the floor and ceiling are not parrallel so therefore the frame is slightly twisted. But yeah i am really happy with it.

A painful week

On Wednesday i went to MCC with Dan, Hugh and Gareth. We are convinced that the grades are harder at MCC as oppose to AWCC because i can usually O/S f6B+ at awesome but i had to rest on some f6A's i think this is a combination of the grades and me not being strong. My fingers were wrecked after that. On Friday i went to my local boulering wall, Glossop leisure centre, which is great for strength. I was climbing really well there. And i am building the first part of my home wall at the weekend.

Stanage Plantation

Went up to the plantation with Brandon, Liam and Jordan on friday, after they had got a train which was delayed. They then had a go at the station manager because it happens every time and got a free taxi to hathersage. So 2 hours waiting a bit of confusion in finding each other (i think i was in the toilet when you came into the cafe Brandon) and watching Liam try on some painfully small dragons on in outside we were off up the 2 mile track. Up turtle hill Jordan ran in his marine style only to find out it was a bit harder and steeper than he remembered and collapsed at the top. But anyway we got to the boulders at about 3pm. I personally wasnt climbing well but i think that is because i am not used to boulering and dont have the power that boulderers have. It was a great day anyway, if only i could have stayed for the halloween bouldering. Dont forget to pick that litter up next time you are there Brandon.