Back on it at Horshoe

 

Time to get back on to the blog after a crazy two year break of doing my masters, getting married and some other life changing stuff... I certainty didn't need a reminder of why I will always wear a helmet climbing or just sitting eating my lunch at the crag, but I got one anyway. Lowering off the first route of the day, Neanderthal -a 30m route on probably the worst section of the crag (chocolate Blancmange wall) a big boulder came loose hit my leg.



Neanderthal, 4 & 5 and a nasty boulder on the leg

That was our queue to move onto the better walls of the quarry so headed to the toilet and Androids area. It took a couple of climbs and a change of shoes to get our heads into the polished slippy rock. But there were some great all body working moves on the climbs. We dumped the guidebook and just chose climbs which looked fun. Although after getting the guidebook out at the end of the day we couldn't help but be a little disappointed to find some tricky climbs at lower grades than we predicted. No soft touches here.

The dark tower, 6b+

straight helmet for once

Paul on the directors cut, 6b

Paul on Passage of time, 6b

Neanderthal, 5
Latrine, 5
The Sewer 6a+
Passage of time 6b- second best route of the day
The dark tower, 6b+ -route of the day
The long walk, 6c
Bruce's bonus, 6b
The directors cut, 6b