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Month: June 2010

More Stanage: Popular

More Stanage: Popular

I think I’m going to need a day off climbing tomorrow, I’m pretty knackered now. Today Kiri and I discovered the Sunday bus that runs out to Hathersage via Burbage and Stanage. £2 for a return ticket with stops by the major car parks is brilliant. I suggest you all use it to make sure they keep running it! It goes from B4 at the Sheffield interchange. I’ve added the timetable at the bottom of this post. Click on it…

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Hi, High Neb!

Hi, High Neb!

Good weather continues! Today we went out to High Neb, on Stanage. I’d arranged to climb with Heidee, someone who was asking for climbing partners on UK Climbing. She picked me up from my place at around lunch time (after negociating Sheffields horrific one way systems) meaning we got to High Neb by about 1pm. It’s a strenuous walk up to the edge from the Dennis Knoll car park, especially when carrying ropes and trad gear! After huffing and puffing…

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Over Owler Tor

Over Owler Tor

Another week of perfect weather continues, so we decided to go out bouldering to Over Owler Tor. Andy and I met up with Lou and Mark at Surprise View and we set off up the hill. We first stopped off at Mother Cap, being as it was on the way to try out the two problems with our grasps: Milk Cap and Blue Cap. Milk Cap wasn’t a problem, well if you don’t count the painful jamming! I started but…

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Wednesday Night at Stanage End

Wednesday Night at Stanage End

Stanage is pretty damn big… 4 miles of big! As a result, there is loads of climbing I’ve not seen on there and I’d never even been to Stanage End! It was on my radar though because I’d added Incursion to my wishlist based on a recommendation and I wanted a look at it. The sweatiness of Sheffield had pretty much disappeared once we got out of car. It was warm enough to not wear a coat and a nice…

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Beware! Falling Flakes!

Beware! Falling Flakes!

Today I found out about a chunk of Solstice @ Bus Stop Quarry falling off! (Well, being pushed off…) Crikey. Rich, Kiri and I did that climb on our little expedition to Wales this time last year and I know it was one of Rich’s favourites. I remember all of us commenting on the creakiness of the flake in question has we used it gently, trying not to put too much weight on it! I didn’t enjoy the climb much…

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We like Birchen Edge!

We like Birchen Edge!

Just got back from an afternoon at Birchen Edge. I really like Birchen Edge. Parking not that far from the crag. Open ground at the bottom of the edge so you aren’t tripping over stuff. Lots of climbs in the “green and orange” zone (Mod to HVS) which is where I’m playing right now. Strangely, I started the day on an HS, Captain’s Prerogative which was actually quite scary. Slabby and a set of mantles to get up it, I…

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A cheeky evening climb

A cheeky evening climb

It’s Wednesday. Wednesday is indoor climbing at The Foundry day. Except, the weather is lovely and The Foundry is going to be boiling. So instead we conspired to go out. Rivelin Edge is a £9 taxi fare from my house, I speed home, packed my bag and orders a taxi. It was about 7:30 by the time we got to the edge, and rather conveniently, the taxi driver offered to pick us up to take us back at 9:30. (Turns…

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First Visit to The Roaches

First Visit to The Roaches

(… so.. without further ado, I’ll start up as if there isn’t a year of missing posts…) I went to The Roaches for the first time on Saturday. It’s been on my list of places I want to see for a while. It’s got three sections in my copy of Western Grit and just looked amazing. I wasn’t let down either; the place is beautiful with impressive and exciting looking rock along with a healthy load of bouldering and some…

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Back from the dead.

Back from the dead.

About 6 months ago I accidently dropped the database behind this site (and quite a few others).  Doh.  Poof.  It all disappeared.  I shrugged, tried to remember the last time I posted and decided not to try and fix it. Today it occurred to me that I could actually recover most of this as I’d been using a cross poster to post all the entries to the twinned livejournal account I have.  So this evening I fixed it..  kinda! Some…

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