New Toy

Being used to the manual settings on my Canon G series, hasn't helped me much with my new DSLR. Think it'll take me a while...

Stanage 30th Oct

Great afternoon at Stanage with Steve.

Crack and Corner HVD 4b ***
Innominate / Harding's Super Direct HVS 5a ***
The Mississippi Buttress Direct VS 4c ***
The Right Unconquerable HVS 5a ***

STS Comp 24th Oct

My first visit to Ratho for the second round of the Scottish tooling series.
Some great, but hard routes. Nathan narrowly missed the final, finishing in 4th place and I was 2nd in Qualifying.
I finished 2nd in the Final.
Steve had a good but tough time in his first tooling event, managing to slice open his finger on razor sharp Nomics!

Excellent day.

STS Comp 03 Oct

Entered the tooling comp at Dundee today.
Enjoyable day with some good problems.
Nathan had a great day, finishing 1st in the qualifying and 3rd in the final.
I was a poor 4th in the Seniors

Next round at Ratho Edinburgh on the 24th

Raven Crag Thirlmere 27th Sept

Me and John climbed at Raven Crag today. Damp start, but improved after a hour or so.

4 other teams there.

Totalitarian E1 5c ***

Brilliant route and Crag.

Esk Buttress (Dow Crag) 26th Sept

Me and John climbed on Esk Buttress today.
Boggy approach, but fantastic weather and Climbing.

The Red Edge HVS 5a ***
Central Pillar E2 5b ***

Excellent day out.

Giggleswick South 25th Sept

Me John and Steve climbed 6 routes at the Sector Swan area today.
Cool but dry...Just!

Good day.