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Grade Route Gear style Quality
Thu 23rd May 2024 - Isle of Skye
Neist Sonamara area
VS 4c Easy Sonamara Trad Classic
S Hard Trailer Park - Twin Cracks Finish Trad
Wed 22nd May 2024 - Isle of Skye
Sron na Ciche The Cioch & Cioch Slab
S 4b Cioch Direct Trad 150m Classic
Nice route. Was meant to continue on to do the arrow row route & integrity. Had a little rescue epic with one of our party and had to bail early instead.

 
Sun 19th May 2024 - Isle of Skye
Strathaird Suidhe Biorach
S Fertility Right Trad
VS Jamie Jampot Unknown 25m
Sat 18th May 2024 - West Highlands
Glen Nevis Polldubh Styx Buttress
VS 4c Resurrection Trad 35m
VS 4c Damnation Trad 30m
Sat 18th May 2024 - West Highlands
Glen Nevis Polldubh Pine Wall Crag
HS 4b Pine Wall Trad 65m
Sun 12th May 2024 - Swanage
Subluminal
VS 5a Freda Trad 14m
E1 5c Stroof Trad Very Good
Cool one! Boulder boy

 
S 4a Avernus Trad Classic
Felt committing with the damp holds. But was very enjoyable!! Glad I lead it

 
VS 4b Slip Road Trad
Tue 7th May 2024 - Portland
Battleship Battleship Back Cliff The Back Cliff
7b+ Hard Zinc Oxide Mountain Sport Mega Classic
New high point. 30cm off doing the last difficult move. Surely it'll go next time???

 
Sun 5th May 2024 - Portland
Battleship Battleship Back Cliff The Back Cliff
7b+ Hard Zinc Oxide Mountain Sport Mega Classic
Last minute attempt before sunset after queueing to get on it all day. Foot slip, but the crux felt easy

 
Sun 5th May 2024 - Portland
Battleship Battleship Edge Keyboard Wall Area
7a+ Victims of Fashion Sport
Played around while waiting for my route to get free. Nice one

 
Sun 7th Apr 2024 - Swanage
Winspit Quarryman's Wall
7a+ Gallows Gore Sport 12m, 5 Very Good
With one take & a big deadpoint at the crux. One to come back for.

 
6a+ Stonemason Sport 18m, 4
6b+ Jargon Eater Sport 18m, 5 Classic
I have no head game. Nice climb though

 
Sun 7th Apr 2024 - Swanage
Dancing Ledge Main Quarry
7a Stay balanced Sport Very Good
Took a couple times. Nice route though

 
6a+ Ozark mountain daredevils (bolted) Sport
Sat 6th Apr 2024 - Swanage
Dancing Ledge Main Quarry
6a+ All Fall Down Sport 11m, 3
7a Mr Choo Choo Sport Classic
7a+ Double or Quits Sport
Could not do the crux between the 4th & 5th bolt. Maybe in better connies

 
6b+ Rambling Moses Weetabix and the Secona Park Seven Sport
Sun 31st Mar 2024 - Kent
Tunbridge Wells Bowles Rocks Fandango Wall
6B+ Tobbacco Road Boulder Classic
4 laps

 
Sun 31st Mar 2024 - Kent
Tunbridge Wells Bowles Rocks Serenade Arete Area
5 Minimum Orr Boulder
5+ Resistance Boulder
6A+ Inclination to Sin Boulder
Sun 24th Mar 2024 - Greater London
Mabley Green Boulder
5+ Ollie's eliminate slab Boulder Very Good
Quite nice

 
6A+ Mantel face crimp my ride Boulder
Not 100% sure I did the correct route but it was good

 
Sat 2nd Dec 2023 - Stanage
Plantation Boulders Grand Hotel
6B+ Broken Boulder Classic
6C Not To Be Taken Away Boulder 7m Mega Classic
Sat 2nd Dec 2023 - Stanage
Plantation Boulders Satin Area
7A Satin Start Boulder
Gave a couple goes at the end of the day in the dark. Included a hand jam & kneebar. Didn't want to commit to the rock over on the right foot. Really nice, one to come back for definitely.

 
7A ~7A Spur Traverse Boulder
Nice one. Went pretty quickly. 7A in new guidebook

 
Sat 2nd Dec 2023 - Stanage
Plantation Boulders Green Block
7A Hard The Green Traverse Boulder 6m Classic
First redpoint attempt of the day after trying all the moves once

 
Sun 1st Oct 2023 - Kent
Tunbridge Wells Harrison's Rocks Giant's Staircase
6b Archer's Wall Top rope 10m Very Good
Sandy & hot. Slippery slopery. But quite nice actually

 
6b Archer's Wall Top rope 10m Very Good
Sandy & hot. Slippery slopery. But quite nice actually

 
Sun 1st Oct 2023 - Kent
Tunbridge Wells Harrison's Rocks What Crisis?
6c Archer's Wall Direct Top rope 10m
Unsent it. Dunno why I took near the top

 
Sun 1st Oct 2023 - Kent
Tunbridge Wells Harrison's Rocks North Boulder
5+ West Face Route Boulder 4m
Barefoot

 
2+ Ok Corral Boulder 4m
6B Papillion Boulder 3m
Repeated barefoot

 
6A Silver Star Boulder 3m
Barefoot

 
6A+ Torque Wrench Boulder 4m
Repeated barefoot

 
7A Hard Finger Flow Boulder 4m
Too reachy for me?

 
Mon 28th Aug 2023 - Higgar Tor
The Leaning Block
E2 5b ~E3 Hard The Rasp Trad 14m Classic
Amazing. Would like to come back and get the send.

Had my first takes on gear!

 
Mon 28th Aug 2023 - Higgar Tor
The Riffler
VS 4c The Reamer Trad 8m Good
Sun 27th Aug 2023 - Peak District Limestone
Water-cum-Jolly Rubicon Wall
7b Zeitgeist Sport Classic
Went fairly chill first redpoint attempt after putting the draws in. Maybe should have gone for the flash.

 
7a Rubicon Sport 12m Classic
Retro flash, felt chill

 
Fri 25th Aug 2023 - Lawrencefield Quarry
Gingerbread Slab
E1 5b Every man and his dog Trad Very Good
Fri 25th Aug 2023 - Lawrencefield Quarry
Red Wall
VS 4c The Delectable Variation Trad 24m Classic
Fri 25th Aug 2023 - Peak District Limestone
Water-cum-Jolly Cornice
7a A major moment Sport Very Good
Very nice. Bit loose, broke two small holds on the way up

Would like to come back for the tick though.

As nice as incapacity benefit imo.

 
Thu 24th Aug 2023 - Peak District Limestone
Water-cum-Jolly Cornice
7a+ Incapacity Benefit Sport Classic
Thu 24th Aug 2023 - Yarncliffe
HVS 5b Zapple Trad 20m
Very wet and dark, but made it up eventually. One to come back for

 
S Ant's Crack Unknown 15m
Tue 22nd Aug 2023 - Lawrencefield Quarry
The Pool
E2 5c Billy Whizz Trad 18m
Had a nice play around. Would consider leading if I could figure the gear out. Lovely fingerlocks.

 
Mon 21st Aug 2023 - Bamford Edge
Great Tor Lower Tier
HS 4b Brown's Crack Trad 12m Classic
VD Recess Crack Trad 10m
In approach shoes

 
Mon 21st Aug 2023 - Bamford Edge
Great Tor Upper Tier
S 4a Possibility Trad 12m
In approach shoes

 
VS 4c Gargoyle Flake Trad 14m Classic
Mon 21st Aug 2023 - Staffordshire
The Roaches Upper Tier
VS 4c Damascus Crack Trad 12m Very Good
Went left at the top. VS 4c variation according to the guidebook

 
VD Right Route Trad 24m Classic
In approach shoes

 
HVS 5a The Sloth Trad 24m Classic
Great lead. So much fun

 
Sat 19th Aug 2023 - Stanage
Stanage Plantation Unconquerables to Namenlos Area The Unconquerables
HVS 5a The Right Unconquerable Trad 17m Classic
Sat 19th Aug 2023 - Stanage
Stanage Plantation Pegasus Wall and the Mangler Area Pegasus Wall
VS 4c Pegasus Wall Trad 12m
Sun 2nd Jul 2023 - Portland
Battleship Battleship Back Cliff The Back Cliff
6b+ Hard Buoys will be Buoys Sport
Another retro flash as a warm-up. Pumpy

 
7b+ Hard Zinc Oxide Mountain Sport Mega Classic
Really good progress this weekend. Getting super close. Got it in two sections with a few metres overlap between the sections. Fairly confident it'll go next trip after some endurance training.

Such a mega route, absolutely love every second on it.

 
Sat 24th Jun 2023 - Cademan Wood and Broad Hill
Mike's Little Boulder
4 Big Flake Boulder Very Good
6A ~6A+ Mike's Seams Boulder
Couldn't do the proper sit start. Feels solid for the grade.

 
6B ~6A+ Flake Pop Boulder Good
One move wonder, just got have enough biceps for it. Soft

 
Sat 24th Jun 2023 - Cademan Wood and Broad Hill
Juan Block
5+ The Other Juan Boulder Very Good
Nice one

 
7A The Power of Juan Boulder
The compression was a bit much for me when tired. Nice boulder though

 
Sat 24th Jun 2023 - Cademan Wood and Broad Hill
Addams Family Boulder
7A+ Addams Family Values Boulder Classic
Went pretty quickly after sorting the beta last session. Dabbed on the mats, but don't think I got any assistance from that, and I'm not a purist, so I'm counting it.

 
Sat 17th Jun 2023 - Cademan Wood and Broad Hill
Broad Hill
6C+ Crack of Wales Boulder
Shouldn't have tried the one move before getting on. Otherwise would have been a flash. Not 6c+ though

 
5+ Top Traverse Boulder
6B+ Little Llanberis Boulder
Sat 17th Jun 2023 - Cademan Wood and Broad Hill
Addams Family Boulder
7A+ Addams Family Values Boulder Classic
Got it in 2 sections. But couldn't quite piece it together. Next time?

 
Mon 29th May 2023 - Anglesey
Gogarth North Stack Wen Zawn
HVS 5a ~4c A Dream of White Horses Trad 150m Mega Classic
Epic.

Did the high tide start. Led the 2nd pitch. Seconded the 1st & 3rd pitches. Seconding feels the same as leading on this route!

Such a cool feeling being so exposed on climbing around a sport grade of 5

 
Sun 28th May 2023 - Anglesey
Gogarth South Stack Castell Helen
VS 4c Lighthouse Arete Direct Trad 75m Classic
Led first pitch. First seacliff. First rap in climb.. Epic

 
Sun 28th May 2023 - Conwy
Lower Pen Trwyn Statement of Youth
7a+ ~7c Night Glue Sport 22m
A crucial hold has broken near the top and is way harder now. Rest of it not too bad.

 
Sun 28th May 2023 - Conwy
Lower Pen Trwyn Under the Boardwalk
6c ~6c+ Under the Boardwalk Sport 18m Classic
High first bolt! Placed a nut below it as a backup.

 
Sat 27th May 2023 - Llanberis Valley Area
Craig Cwm Glas Bach
HVS 5b Hard Hard Spitting Image Trad Classic
Really nice climbing. Reasonable placements. Bit pumpy.

 
HVS 5a Espasmos Trad Good
Not many gear placements, but also pretty easy. Felt a bit free solo-y at the top there.

 
Fri 26th May 2023 - Llanberis Valley Area
Dinorwic Quarries Serengeti Peter Pan Wall
6a+ Peter Pan Sport Very Good
Nice climb. Weird feet (no feet on the right, lots of feet on the left).

 
Fri 26th May 2023 - Llanberis Valley Area
Dinorwic Quarries Serengeti Seamstress Slab
7a Y Gwaedlyd Sport Classic
Saw someone else attempt (& fail) beforehand so can't claim the onsight.

Think would have managed the onsight fine though as the flash was pretty chill.

 
Fri 26th May 2023 - Llanberis Valley Area
Dinorwic Quarries Serengeti Nuremburg
5+ Hawkeye Sport
Fri 26th May 2023 - Llanberis Valley Area
Dinorwic Quarries Serengeti Seamstress Slab
VS 4c Seamstress Trad 20m
Sun 7th May 2023 - Portland
Battleship Battleship Back Cliff The Back Cliff
7b+ Hard Zinc Oxide Mountain Sport Mega Classic
First try in a year. Need to come back for a proper weekend on it & should be able to send it 🤞

 
Sat 11th Feb 2023 - Greater London
Mabley Green Boulder
6B Overhang 1 Boulder Good
7A+ Overhang eliminate Boulder Very Good
Thu 29th Dec 2022 - Greater London
Mabley Green Boulder
4 Mantel Face Direct Boulder
6C Ollie's arete Boulder
4+ Left Arête of Mantel Face Boulder
6B Overhang 1 Boulder
Couldn't quite hold the last big move, and then I got tired and it got dark so I gave up. One to come back for

 
Mon 26th Dec 2022 - Dartmoor Boulders
hound tor
V6 Prowed Boulder
One to come back for when dry

 
Mon 26th Dec 2022 - Hound Tor
E2 5c Aerobic Wall Trad 9m
One to come back to lead when dry

 
Mon 26th Dec 2022 - Hay Tor
Low Man
S 4a Raven Gully Trad 30m Very Good
HVS 4c Outward Bound Trad 24m Very Good
Sun 25th Dec 2022 - Anstey's Cove
Ferocity Wall
7a Nowt ta do with me Sport
One of only two dry routes at the crag today. Sent it in light rain.

 
Sun 25th Dec 2022 - Anstey's Cove
Cocytus Area
6a Blue sky Sport
Sun 11th Dec 2022 - Stanage
Stanage Popular Square Buttress
HVS 6a Suzanne Trad 8m
6A boulder. Didn't top out as snowy

 

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