2013 has got off to a good start climbing wise, even though the weather over Christmas was useless. On the last weekend of the holiday, Ceri and I headed over to the East coast for chips in Whitby and strange grit/sandstone at Stoupe Brow (Ravensdale). I managed to nail Darkstar ss 7c+ and Precision 7b on Saturday and Requiem for a Dream 8a on Sunday. Requiem is a brilliant 'king line' prow, put up by Tom Newman a few years back- I'd always meant to check it out. It went fairly easily after a bit of an inspection on my new extender ladder!!
Last weekend we braved the cold and slightly damp and headed to Carrock Fell in the Lakes and I managed to settle a score with Metronome 8a (ss to Dan's Wall)...nice little bloc, if a little sharp and definitely one for chilly temps.
Just recovering after a slight scare on my new grit highball. I'd had this on the cards for a while but never managed to get around to getting it done. 'Treebeard' is around 7c...easy roof to tech/fingery arete, with a fifty foot drop two metres away from the landing pads!...great line. Cheers to Tim and Dan for the spot, well done to DT for getting the silver. Think it'll feature in 'This is Yorkshire'.
