Had my first session on the grit for a while last night at the Burbage boulders with Flipper. Nothing hard went down - more a matter of doing the old favourites and getting back into the swing of things really but a really pleasant spring evening bimbling about and watching someone trying hard on Goliath and taking some decent falls more than once in the process. Don't think it went down but kudos to whoever it was for getting back on it repeatedly in what sounded like an increasingly frustrating experience.
Did all the stuff on the back of the Cobra block and then did the traverse. Not sure if the traverse is a first for me - I can't recall doing it before but what is sure was that it was a tick of awesome ineptitude - feet skittering and generally looking like a grade A punter on it - welcome back to grit! From there went onto the Pock block, Pick went down easily, Pock went down with a display of excessive crimping and pulling hard as it had been sat in the sun all day and then we got rather scared on Pock Man. Now this is a problem that I have done before (and fell off an equal number of times) and I want to do it in a better style than just stretching like there is no tomorrow and walking my fingers over the top but last night was not going to be the night - after a few attempts we succumbed to the fear and walked on.
After that we did a few problems on the Brick, a few on the Pig and finished off at the Tank boulder. Finally got some decent beta on the traverse of this and now have a method of doing the drop down to the side pull - it's still a bit stretched but it's doable - just got to get the footwork a little better and hopefully one of my many projects can be laid to rest.
Today is a rest day, I was hoping to blank off the EGR on pROJECT mAYHEM but the gasket sealant hasn't arrived in the post as hoped and then the plan looks like Caley tomorrow with Broken Beagle and then possibly a return visit to the Three Bears at Burbage on Monday with Flipper.
Did all the stuff on the back of the Cobra block and then did the traverse. Not sure if the traverse is a first for me - I can't recall doing it before but what is sure was that it was a tick of awesome ineptitude - feet skittering and generally looking like a grade A punter on it - welcome back to grit! From there went onto the Pock block, Pick went down easily, Pock went down with a display of excessive crimping and pulling hard as it had been sat in the sun all day and then we got rather scared on Pock Man. Now this is a problem that I have done before (and fell off an equal number of times) and I want to do it in a better style than just stretching like there is no tomorrow and walking my fingers over the top but last night was not going to be the night - after a few attempts we succumbed to the fear and walked on.
After that we did a few problems on the Brick, a few on the Pig and finished off at the Tank boulder. Finally got some decent beta on the traverse of this and now have a method of doing the drop down to the side pull - it's still a bit stretched but it's doable - just got to get the footwork a little better and hopefully one of my many projects can be laid to rest.
Today is a rest day, I was hoping to blank off the EGR on pROJECT mAYHEM but the gasket sealant hasn't arrived in the post as hoped and then the plan looks like Caley tomorrow with Broken Beagle and then possibly a return visit to the Three Bears at Burbage on Monday with Flipper.
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