tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90722097442787300252024-03-13T17:44:21.769+00:00BetaguidesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087555083716175317noreply@blogger.comBlogger201125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072209744278730025.post-34401111050772104072014-05-19T21:28:00.003+01:002014-05-19T21:28:27.982+01:00A World of ContrastBouldering is full of contrast in so many ways. It has the Good the Bad and the Ugly. You get a guide out and choose your colour of preference. You like the look of the venue, but will it deliver? You never know until you climb it; that's the way it is. What I'm saying is, some of the neglected venues have a lot to offer; though not so attractive a setting. You've maybe looked it up on the web, seen a picture or video and think it all looks piss easy - how wrong you can be! You decide to give it go, try what you thought was easy. Then you pull on and fall off, try harder - it spits you off once more. You spend hours, days, maybe weeks. This might be some bizarre eliminate or a crack that looked easy, yet can be so fulfilling.<br />
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Today we spent nine and a half hours climbing in such a place, a forgotten quarry behind the Odeon cinema in the very centre of Mansfield. We witnessed fly tipping, heard screeches of rubber as doughnuts were being practiced in the car park behind the cinema, mixed with the sound of Jungle Techno Hard House and the rumble of the dolby sound system from the cinema. A bizarre soundtrack with which to climb, but atmospheric all the same.<br />
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In contrast to the negatives, it was an oasis in an urban jungle. The pleasant walk-in passed an idyllic stream laden with trout, locals fishing and having picnics, leading to a hidden quarry in a pocket of wilderness.<br />
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As one youthful 'I was here' fades, The unfortunate addition of ever complex graffiti marks the passing of time. Where are they now?</div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087555083716175317noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072209744278730025.post-65049839208072866942014-05-11T11:53:00.001+01:002014-05-11T15:22:17.996+01:00Local RockIt's always tricky planning your weekend fix when the typical weather wheel of fortune has set in over the UK, sun, rain, hail, high winds, the frustration as the first shower hits your head just as you've spent an hour working out the moves, then each drop that falls whittles away at your optimism, wet pad, soggy shoes, your frustrations spiralling into soaking pad on head, muddy shoes, towel drying holds with a drenched jacket covering the top hold.<br />
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Time for a KFC break, This was a one of the main benefits of being on local rock in the centre of Mansfield.<br />
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For me now, the Esoteric East venues are becoming a priceless resource to dodge the British weather, I cannot believe we have not yet been shut down on any weekend, it's going to be worth the effort getting it into print.<br />
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Anyway, this was just round one, the shower past, sun drenched the crag. back for more, walking back in, clothes soaked, wet pads, showers looming, time to embrace the frustration again.<br />
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A drenched Mike gave us the quote of the day "This reminds me of climbing days when I was in my twenties" Success was his, adding a thin 7c+ to the wall.<br />
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It makes you wonder how many times a day a climber thinks about a problem/project compared to this?<br />
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Being an addict myself, nearly every waking hour and synaptic fibre that still works in my head is dedicated to finding a piece of rock and working a problem hoping to find that perfect moment in the process. I suppose this is a comparative climax. with similar moans and groans before the end result.<br />
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How do the two compare?<br />
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What are the benefits?<br />
1. Rock will never complain about your poor performance.<br />
2. The rock will never turn you down.<br />
3. Rock will stand waiting for you through rain, sleet or snow.<br />
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1. The rock will cheat on you, letting anyone on top, even if your there.<br />
2. Rock is very frigid, quiet never uttering a word despite your best efforts.<br />
3. Rock has a heart of stone, never returns any affection and always forgets your birthday.<br />
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James living life on the lip</div>
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Chilling out up high on the Moors</div>
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The first thing I'll say is that I'm pretty selfish, just one of many faults, but I suppose if you know your faults it can make you a better person? well sometimes.</div>
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Lucky for me Lisa understands this selfish obsession, allowing three days of climbing bliss, getting lost in a big moorland landscape, no guides, solitude, venturing into a rediscovered unknown. </div>
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The first stop was the edge of East Bilsdale, a place I call 'Apple Tree Rocks' you can see them from the road as you drive through the valley, a long awaited fix on some rewarding blocks with a mixed bag of features and angles. Watching the stars with hardly any light pollution on our revolving planet takes some beating.</div>
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Day two we crossed the valley to another high moorland edge with scattered anomalies, The best fluffer (A selfless spotter or cleaner of problems) in The moors. got to work cleaning some highball projects, some inspiring aretes, with a serious landings, f**k the ground up ethics here, top rope first, blimey routes, not done any for a while, inspired, it's going to happen, cheers Steve.</div>
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Chilling making the most of the blocks</div>
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60 minutes of working out some unusual moves,finally breeched the short but very involving roof, the left hand is not on an undercut, horrible move, yet totally satisfying.<br />
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It was suggested in jest that I should be surfing at my age? 45 years young soon this year. but f**k that. I'm nowhere close to the the climber that introduced me to bouldering many years ago in Kyloe woods. with his baggy shorts traversing across the crag. giving me advice on what I thought would be a ridiculous move.<br />
So no way am I retiring, what a time we live in. a time of gobbling up such a massive resource we have.<br />
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History is is makes us what we are, to be inspired by the past without ego and enjoying the self fulfilment within a forgotten landscape.<br />
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Climb, Take the piss, have a laugh, eat a local delicacy, go somewhere new<br />
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A no brainer really heading to a roof to what is a bit of a dream find, a roof you just stand underneath staring at gobsmacked, with a zombie like expression, a reason to train hard and hope you can actually make any moves, and dare I say climb out the centre of it, I must say good effort to Mike for digging deep and christening the roof with composed power. The celebratory KFC afterwards was well deserved, even though I'm still upset with them for not replying to my sponsorship proposal. </div>
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After that back to Barnbrough for a wind down that never happened, Jug pulling bliss, tricky sitting starts, causing no end of frustration, got my knickers in a right twist on the last problem of the day due to a footwork malfunction. </div>
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So this weekend was spent testing the formula out again. </div>
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Friday + Wet = Explore + Poor Edges Found + Comfy Chairs = Two off the list</div>
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Saturday + Dry = Mike's Project + More attempts + bloody hard = Time to explore </div>
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Exploring + Family text asking to join the Weird Beardy Club + Mike finding wall of blankness on google street view = Good day on tiny holds, with even more harder problems to go back to.<br />
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Firstly I would like to apologise for the delay in the release of the Moors bouldering guide, proofing is over the half-way mark and all the details needed to finish are all in place. Unfortunately it will be next year before it goes to press. It should be ready just as the magic months are upon us again in the Moors.</div>
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Having not trained for six months, due to being sat in front of a computer screen finishing off the guide, Mojo for exploring, climbing and recording venues has returned with a vengeance. Having already started a new guide book 'Esoteric East': a whole new area of bouldering delights to get your teeth into. We've already had more days and nights at the crag, some with disappointing findings -whole edges covered by landfill, others burnt to a crisp and scatted with cans of Kestrel Super and Asbo-pop bottles left by the 'bored youth' of today.</div>
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This process is bitter-sweet yet the sweet makes up for all that "Oh S**t it's three foot high, why is this on an Ordnance Survey map?" </div>
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Below is an example of just one of the sweets, Conisborough's Hueco Boulder in Nearcliff Woods, one of many scattered between the A1 - M1 corridor. I don't think there is one 'Wack' problem on this block, incredible. Please go and give us feedback on the grades.</div>
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This block needed a lot of TLC as it was fire-damaged. Efforts to clean it resulted in some major rewards. </div>
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Not all of the good finds have suffered from this fiery urban fate. Some of the places feel like you could be lost in any valley of outstanding beauty in Britain's green and pleasant land, with blocks and edges with some blissful moves, in some forgotten places, with the odd piton or axe-strike letting you know this was home to someone else.</div>
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Not forgetting the superb historical venues this area has to offer.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087555083716175317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072209744278730025.post-14468703219032221602013-10-14T20:27:00.000+01:002013-10-14T20:27:05.861+01:00My PreciousWell it's been a while and I feel a bit like Frodo Baggins carrying the ring to Mordor. As the Moors guide gets closer to being finished the heavier the burden feels. I suppose working a full time job and trying to climb most weekends slows me down a bit, the good news is, proofing starts tonight, at last.<br />
quite a wonderful journey really, one that won't end with the Moors guide, Such a nice area to go back to, hidden little projects to be done, no pre made chalk path, beta or anyone to bother you when you climb like a bag of spuds.<br />
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Anyway as the temperature dis now dropping the majority head to the grit for some well earned friction at last. Despite this my eyes are firmly fixed on the lesser known Mag Lime delights, these can be truly unbeatable as the tree canopy falls and the white gold is exposed to the elements.<br />
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This is also why we have started the Mag- Lime guide. Mike Adams has made massive progress over the years with many areas complete and new and old forgotten areas getting developed and recorded most weekends.<br />
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The guide will include quite a few surprise venues within the M1 - A1 corridor and will cater for a wide range of grades. A great diversion from the usual peak circuits and a priceless resource for any local.<br />
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So much to enjoy at Captain Cooks</div>
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Mike gives Arncliffe an 8a </div>
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Whitestone at Scugdale The Buzzard 6b, spicy </div>
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Martin smashes some projects on the block named 'Dave' in Ingleby woods </div>
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We lit up Highcliff </div>
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Lisa takes on The Bridestones </div>
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Unbelievable line! at the Earth Quarry</div>
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Hanging Stone Woods</div>
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The Legend gets on the Mag Lime, Hooton Cliff</div>
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A late one at Rattles Hill</div>
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time for some late night sessions. Having such a good time working out old school classic venues and finishing off each area. Always a reason to go back, just to try something, wether it's a move, roof, link project..... </div>
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NOS boulder, a must, very addictive</div>
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Cook's Quarries classic lines</div>
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Old school with no pads, respect</div>
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Cook's crag, a forgotten gem</div>
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The mushroom man, quality problem on the massive block at Cook's </div>
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A sneaky dabble on the Limey Sandstone</div>
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Round Crag on a sunny day takes some beating</div>
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Not had much time to put stuff up on here in a while, life gets in the way sometimes, but when climbing is life and conditions are right, then it's time to get smashing some blocks in while you can.</div>
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Luckily the cold harsh prolonged easterly winds have done wonders to the moorland rock and conditions are unbelievable, especially after months of damp. The wet spell has helped me knuckle down and get the bulk of the guide finished, Not long now.... a few more venues to sort and it will be full steam ahead with the Mag lime and a Leicestershire guides, but not without a remote mountain trip before it gets started. </div>
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The delights of the Blakey quarries, and yes Steve has jeans on, now that's progress</div>
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Camp Hill Campusing</div>
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We all love Scugdale, maybe too popular</div>
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Quality Mag Lime </div>
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The 'Model'</div>
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The magic woods of Arnecliff have an 8a, enter if you dare</div>
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Won the best bobble hat prize at Roseberry</div>
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Oh no I have to put a grade to this, maybe I will wait till Dave does it?</div>
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The Machine is back with us, now a married man, he now has a tracker fitted to his leg.</div>
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Chimney perfection, Steve was stuck for six days, a good weight loss problem</div>
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James loves lip traverses</div>
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The Thorgill circuit is excellent, now even I'm getting into lip traverses</div>
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The late evening Rosedale climb off, Steve won this one </div>
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Not myself this day, a bit moody working it all out, cheered up later</div>
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Ugg, Lip, Climb, Me</div>
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A strange place with leaning trees</div>
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Mike got some of the best Elvis leg I have ever seen on this - no longer a project, right at the end on the easy bit, video to follow.<br />
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A chance to go wandering in deep virgin snow is so appealing that the dangers of getting there are all forgotten, only anticipation of the chance to plough through the drifts, not knowing how deep, or if any rock will be dry when you eventually make it to the crag? probably not considering how deep it was!</div>
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Anyway the falling down snow holes and quarry diving were priceless, I laughed until it hurt, maybe the last of the snow this year? </div>
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Cheers for sorting the parking out</div>
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A great problem hidden under an Oak tree - Guilty Pleasure 7b+</div>
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Franco would have scored a 10 but messed up the landing</div>
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Things are getting quite serious at the moment, checking problems and re-checking, but it's well worth the effort, as grades can drive anyone into a straight jacket, bearing in mind all our shapes and sizes, strengths and weaknesses, so we are trying our best to get them right.</div>
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Two days on Ingleby for me was just what the doctor ordered after some christmas indulgence, ease in slowly to get rid of the love handles, getting some exercise on a long stretched out circuit of hillside and dense wooded blocks and at last got back on some dry sandstone.</div>
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Day two saw Mike give the Incline it's first 8a Circle My Demise, a bold adventure on the No Prisoners block, Involving some hard moves on sloping holds high up on the problem, some good spotting from Steve</div>
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The great grade debate - No way is that 6c+ - harsh words from the Simon Cowell of grades</div>
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Pete on a good crimpy line in the Mono Block</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087555083716175317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072209744278730025.post-12876029059552013482012-12-31T12:54:00.001+00:002012-12-31T12:56:03.451+00:00With a Bang<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
What a way end a brilliant climbing/exploring/getting on stuff that was not dry at last! year.</div>
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This last trip was a flying visit to Scotland, The Coastal blocks near Aberdeen (Thanks to Mike's wiliness to Drive 18 hours there and back)</div>
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It's a place of endless beauty and geology that will probably be still left totally unchartered even in ten of my lifetimes. What a resource if you are prepared to put the effort in.</div>
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We had a perfectly crazy day, beating the sun to rise then voluntarily getting stranded by the tide</div>
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Anyway, happy new year and a big thanks to all that I have climbed with, been inspired by or just plain out there doing it, without you all I would be lost. Cheers, I tip my bobble hat off to you.</div>
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Bagging an 8 on sunrise, not too shabby</div>
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What a block I'll be back for the arete on the right, Optimus Prime</div>
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Quickly moving on to 'Big Grey' block</div>
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Not another 8! must have ate too many sweets</div>
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Sublime golden arete glittering with mica in the sun</div>
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Skye wanted the tide to go out, Mike just carried on</div>
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Time to fight back and embrace the dark side, The thing is you need more than a trial of bread crumbs when you wander into the wooded canopy of Ingleby woods, like the Incline the blocks are spread out quite randomly, making the place hard to map, not the place for the roadside boulderer. </div>
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Quality rock hidden under the dense canopy</div>
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Sports Directs greatest athlete Steve Phelps on a classy arete</div>
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Things to finish off, yet still looking at stuff I've seen before, some out of reach, some maybe in the realms of delusion, some just plain slimy, but as always I am the ever optimist, putting stuff in the bank to go back to later, things just need to climbed, because it's there and the physical puzzle of the problem looks good, why care if anyone else is inspired, its just there </div>
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Finally the Wainstones is sorted! quite a circuit up there, partly in condition as always, letting you enjoy some problems even after the dumping of snow</div>
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Sunday for the first time walked up to Highcliffe, which was I think quite dry considering, some very slopey landings, with some fine high-ball problems/routes with no gear. Yes and some bouldering!? again in the category of are you inspired to clean, how often is it in condition? and the landings are terrible, still some lines will be ticking away in the back of my mind, maybe my best friend the spade will spend a week up there with me after the guide is finished and sort the landings out?</div>
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After this returned to the Earthworks ridge, a spread out mixed up set of edges, some blocks are green, others are finely blackened weathered sandstone, Plenty of problems for the roaming connoisseur, nothing fantasy league, but a good day out when in condition.</div>
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Earthworks Slab, windy, cold and wet boggy ground (Check out the wet pant bottoms) The plan was to go to Roseberry but that would be Artic!</div>
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Fighting against a change in forecast, we managed to get on a surprisingly dry Smugglers' Terrace, this will be a good little Winter venue, the rock is so good. Got the shots I needed there and then managed a frustrating slab problem border-line ascent. Not my style at all - quite a wrestle. You could hear the angry shouting in Whitby! Then moved on to Stoupe Brow, which suffers this time of year from SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) as it's in a bit of an amphitheater. I also really need a shot of someone on Requiem, what a line. If anyone has one please send it to me.</div>
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So headed to Ingleby Incline with high hopes of exposed blocks in the sun; but down came the snow and put the dampers on that, so time for a wander on the longest stretch of rock in the moors.....</div>
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Biotic Crisis on Smugglers - 7a possibly after a 3 hour grade debate with Steve. Check out the public footpath arrow on the block to the right, or is it a font traverse?</div>
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Looking back at the incline - a place once called 'Siberia' by the workers up there</div>
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Two lovers hiding in Ingleby woods, well it is shooting season.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087555083716175317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072209744278730025.post-9451390837802245172012-11-29T23:23:00.001+00:002012-11-29T23:23:09.806+00:00Up High<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Late nights staring at pixels at the moment, it's quite nice re-living all the experiences of the days out climbing as we put the finishing touches to each venue, ready to put them in there place in the guide.</div>
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Mike on Skyfall 7a+, sweet moves on the arete</div>
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Most of the time we are going back to areas to get shots and finish the guide off, sometimes the re-visits are proving fruitful climbing stuff we had dismissed, missed or just felt they were damned hard. pretty rewarding.<br />
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Talking about rewarding, Mike Adams has finally climbed the sharp arete at Kay Nest, my favorite venue in the Moors, He has called it 'Mixed Emotions' and it weighs in at a heavy 8b+<br />
I am thinking of having a get together there when the guide is released next spring, what a place to camp look at the stars and wake up to sun kissed boulders.<br />
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14 hours of walking in and out, 7 sessions later 'Mixed Emotions 8b+' what a line.</div>
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Friday's misty session along the Earthworks ridge.<br />
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Sunday James got smashed in and obsessed on this classy lip/arete<br />
didn't even manage one problem. must try harder, see me after class.<br />
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So close ran out of juice, now have three projects to go at, got the moves sorted, keen to go back,<br />
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A jam packed weekend, absolutely knackered!</div>
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Straight after work on Friday drove up to the Borough to set a nasty set of problems at the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.rockantics.co.uk/index.php?page=middlesbrough-rock-climbing-centre-teesside">Rock Antics Wall </a></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> </span></b></div>
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I've given the wall a few little prizes for the person that gets the most problems done. Then they made me climb most of them! it hurt.</div>
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Bagged some more good shots at Cooks Saturday and managed to win the £10 bet off Steve by climbing the little roof direct at Potters quarry, It took a while.</div>
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Sunday saw a frog march to Kay Nest then high crag climbing stuff I had forgotten about, It nearly broke me especially the walk back.</div>
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A Potters quarry classic Borbeletta 6a</div>
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New World 7a, tackles the roof direct, worth a tenner any day</div>
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Today the weather inverted, giving us a glimpse of bracken free dry conditions, with high hopes for the coming weeks to get back to that happy place, were projects can be worked and excuses of conditions are gone, another taste of the elation of success, then a few days later, was it that hard? So on to the next fix, bring on a cold dry winter?</div>
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A 7b sit start to an old school HVS</div>
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Half an hour ago I was in the dip in the ridge, whipped across the moor to try a recently discovered project, really close, worth the mad dash.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087555083716175317noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072209744278730025.post-86098451808801608782012-10-28T22:28:00.000+00:002012-10-28T22:28:37.553+00:00A Tip of the Hat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I really don't feel like blogging at the moment, too much wasted time? while I should be getting on with the guide, Oh well it's a good way to keep a diary of when you did stuff so f**k it.</div>
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Planned a two day trip working out venues I have have yet to sort out, this ended up in disaster as a monster front of snow clouds were blowing in from the north east, destination the North Yorkshire Moors. Bugger! So decided to go for it, even though everywhere west was in clear skies.</div>
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Spent friday at the wall at Middlesbrough <a href="http://www.rockantics.co.uk/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">(http://www.rockantics.co.uk/)</span></b> </a>running around like a kid in a sweet shop, this is how a new wall makes me feel, new problems, lets have it..., still aching now</div>
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Ended up getting some good shots and spied some lines to go back for, one involving a £10 bet that it won't get done by me, watch this space.......</div>
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This weekends snowy divide with a view of the monument to Captain James Cook. A legendary explorer, navigator, cartographer. A hero of mine and an inspirational historical Moors resident.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087555083716175317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072209744278730025.post-23975765224565717962012-10-14T20:41:00.000+01:002012-10-14T20:41:17.160+01:00Time to make sense of it all<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
So after over a five year love affair with the Moors, its time to knuckle down and make sense of it all. </div>
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The bones of the guide are their, the journey in how to present it has changed.</div>
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Mike working a sublime line, falling upwards at it's best</div>
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A cheeky little block with a good sit start prow diversion on the way in, thin holds on good feet.</div>
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The 'Ship Stone' at Kay Nest, the block holds one of the best 5-6's workouts in the moors, bold and technical, in a stunning valley, it definitely has the X factor.</div>
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Who: Who would want to climb this?</div>
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What: The hell am I doing here climbing this?</div>
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Why: Did I travel 3 hours to climb this?</div>
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When: Did this get climbed? without pads?!</div>
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Where: Shall we explore next?</div>
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Perfect pink Leicestershire granite </div>
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James working a project</div>
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Steve firing up for the slopers</div>
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A problem unintentionally trained for, thanks to Steve McClure, setting a similar problem on the local wall, Cheers Steve.</div>
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A couple of years ago Steve Ramsden and I walked for 11 hours to look at the blocks strewn across the edges of Urra Moor - a vast amount of blocks and crags meandering into the distance. This trip left me feeling uncertain wether I would publicise what I had seen in a guide; but I knew the solace of the ridge would draw me back, not caring how remote, clean or spread out the climbing was.</div>
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The latest visits have been very worthwhile, due to the fact that James, Steve and Mike have a similar attitude towards climbing. The 'make the most of what's there approach' It's a bit like Ready Steady Cook. The TV show were chefs are given a carrier bag full of mystery ingredients and they have to make the best dish out of what they have got.</div>
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The end result was a tasty mixed menu of problems.</div>
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Best not park here</div>
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James sticking the sloper</div>
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Incredible slopers - Mike on a new problem - Point of Inertia</div>
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At last I win a pint off Mike - No Flash</div>
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Dave on a fine little Tranmire crag problem</div>
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James bags his project</div>
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