Tuesday 28 May 2013

New Tricks...

Well its been a busy few weeks as usual with photo-shoots, funerals, working in London, training at the wall and still managing to get out. That’s the great thing about the summer months, our amazing long evenings!! So with two big trips lined up for this summer, I've been needing to get my head in the game for some big routes! With that in mind I've been hitting up some classic crags in the Peak District to get some mileage in.
Routes like Billy Whizz (E2 5c) and High plains drifter (E4 6a) at Lawencefield.
Some Stoney action: Dies Irae (E2 5c), Circe (E5 6b)Kink (E5 6B)Oliver (E4 6a) and Millionaire Touch (E4 6b).   
And then for the first time ever this weekend, we visited the incredible chunk of limestone that is High Tor. For some strange reason we had never climbed there but had heard so much about the cliff so it was time to check it out. We were not disappointed! What an amazing cliff. Ed Booth came and joined us and we all managed to climb two stunning lines up the middle of the right hand side. 30 metres of immaculate limestone with a real feel of isolation on a big wall and a great feeling of topping out in the sun! Flaky Wall (E4 6a) and Supersonic (E5 6a) were truly awesome. 
Then finally I managed to clip the chains on an old nemesis route of mine called Caviar (8a+) down at Rubicon which I tried on and off for a few years now. A fairly short and bouldery offering but what it lack in height it makes up for in hard moves! 
Ed has been checking out a few new bouldering areas. He ticked his way through the classics at Forest Rock such as Enchantress 7C+, Heathan Chemistry 7C+ and In Search Of Blame 8A. Next up was Fredda's Buttress in the Peak where he climbed a fantastic 7C+ called 'Infinite Suspense'. We then both headed down to Crunch Buttress and Ed climbed 'Perfecto' (8a). 

Top wall of Flaky


Starting groove of Supersonic


Top crack of Super


Pumped of Circe


Rubicon in the sun.....


Cheedale WAS dry
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Al and Sam rippin at Stoney....


Photo shoot for Wild Country.....Stanage!
Awesome day with the team

   

Red Chili Nacho shoe advert....Australia! Nick Fletcher!

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