Raven's Scar and Wainstones 25th July

First visit to both these crags with plenty to go back for.

Between the 4 of us we managed.

Wainstones

Concave Wall HVS 5b **
Ali Baba E2 5c ***
Sphinx Nose Traverse S ***
West Sphinx Climb E2 5b **
Little Bo-Peep VS 4c **

Raven's Scar

Fever Pitch E2 5b ***
Harlot's Groove VS 4c ***
Forest Face HS 4b ***
Satchmo E1 5c ***
Grooves-ology VS 5a ***
Hooker E2 5 c *

Me,Graeme,John and Scott.

Ravensheugh 18th July

Plan was to Climb in the Peak today, but the forecast this morning suggested rain.
So Me John and Steve headed up to Ravensheugh which was dry if a little dirty on some of the routes. Must take a brush next time.

Pendulum VS 4c ***
Crescent Wall VS 4b **
Wild West Show HVS 5a ***
Little Learner VS 5a **

Plus some bouldering.

Great Crag suffering from lack of traffic.

Brimham 11th July

Good turn out at Brimham today.

Me Graeme and Karl did

Stone Wall HVS 5b **
Beatnik E3 5c *
Black Chipper E2 5b ***
Enigma E1 5b *
Pathos E3 6a *
Lithos HVS 5b *

John and Steve did

Rough Wall VS 5a ***
Maloja VS 4c **
Right Wall VS 4c **
Birch Tree Wall VS 4c ***
Allan's Crack VS 4c***

Also good to see Andy and Ali out bouldering.

Pavey Ark 26th June

Very busy at Pavey today.

Me John and Steve had a good day on

Arcturus E1 5b ***
Golden Slipper HVS 5a ***
Red Groove E1 5a*

Finished with a few beers in the Stickle Barn.

Goat Crag 20th June

Me and Graeme got warmed up on D.D.T HVS *** today.

Then we got onto The Voyage E3 5c *** which was going brilliant until on pitch 3 I pulled a hold off, big lob, just missing Graeme on the way down. The Hold which was about a foot long landed at his feet. Lucky.
Ropes then got jammed on the abseil...

Epic.








Nice easy walk in today.

Esk Buttress 18th June

Stayed at Langdale Campsite last night, ready for a early march to Esk. No real rain since Nov and I still managed to get my feet wet on the approach.
Early cloud soon burnt off to leave a stunning day.

Me and Graeme did Hydra E2 5c* and a attempt on Esk Ape E5 6a **

Easier day on Sunday Hopefully.

High Crag 12th June

Met up with Scott at Keswick this morning, before driving over to Buttermere and heading up to High Crag.
Once again we had a crag to ourselves, which is strange considering great weather and bone dry crags for now.

The Philistine E1 ***
Lost Colonies E2 **
Gethsemane E1 ***
Dry Trim E1 **

Finished the day with a 10k run.