Ascents in Peak District Limestone having Beta

Two goes, one warm up and one general flail. Good route but the fingers were freezing and i have approximately no endurance at the moment.

Brilliant route, did all the moves bar the one crux throw that was off a horrifically wet hold. One to come back for. (x2)

I went up with a double rack of cams and a few wires like an absolute punter, found that none of the cams would go in anywhere, and subsequently ran out of wires with some worrying rapidity. A brilliant, technical, and chronically sandbagged pitch, I loved every minute of it! Made even better by having Ben Moon rock up at the crag and run out of gear on Darius

This was quite an excursion! So sustained, so technical, so consistently steep. Outrageous!! The second pitch is protected almost solely by uninspiring fixed pins that you can back up with wires that range from not okay to actually pretty okay. A total head trip for me, getting used to the climbing style, the gear, the polish, and it’s been a while since I had any real exposure, and the second pitch on this had plenty. So stoked to have been able to sample the limestone trad when I did with climbing not seeming like much of an option for the immediate future.

Another lap to warm up (cold fingers, debacle) and again after trying Mecca (pumped everything, debacle). On my second go I punted off the crux like an idiot and then went to the last bolt where i punted off again. Maybe if I’m stuck in the UK long enough i’ll actually manage to climb this.

It can’t get any better for 12m of climbing surely! I somehow managed to do all the moves except for one at the top because i was fairly spent (but i’m fairly sure it won’t be that bad with a little energy). It probably contains the top 10 hardest moves I’ve ever done and all of them are funky and brilliant. Maybe one day in the distant future I could actually climb this climb?!

Flashed all the moves but was too boxed to clip the chains. 4th go

2nd burn

Brilliant climb! 60m rope wasn't long enough to lower down when doing it as a single pitch but the top out was easy and there's a good tree to set up an ab to get your gear back.

Brilliant climb! 60m rope wasn't long enough to lower down but the top out was easy and there's a good tree to set up an ab to get your gear back.

First 7a+ onsight!

First 7b!

1st RP

First 7a!

Dropped the os due to soggy, slimy pockets

Excellent sustained climbing.

Lovely technical climbing up the wall.

Used to be desperate 6c+!!

Quite desperate!

Fell off the top crux! Great climbing though.

1st pitch is poor.

A non-jammers nightmare!

Cool moves

So it seems 8 weeks away from climbing has dropped my redpoint grade by a whole number

3rd redpoint burn. Should have sent. Hopefully next time

Definitely feels like a step up from 8a!

Got all the moves sussed...kinda. Now I just need to link at least two of them together!

few bits of progress but still miles away

Small progress. Has moved from feeling impossible to improbable...

Only one try today. Linked the top half and crux is getting higher percentage

Probably my best session on this so far. Feels like its starting to come together

Got through the crux three times today! Should have sent...

Finally! Good to keep the "climb your age" game alive for another year

x4

x4 Slowly getting there..

Broke a key hold after the crux, now much harder. Consensus seems to be that I've made it 8b....Stil feels possible so will stick with it for now

longest 7c project to date. 3 or 4 sessions total

(x2) Short and savage. Fotgot how hard routes in the Peak are.

(x3) Got all the moves sorted but will need to wait until later in the year for better conditions

Pretty damp conditions. Winter is definitely on its way

x3

Might be the most frustrating low-percentage move i've ever tried.

Reachy and technical. A good route

Tricky third clip. 2nd go

One move wonder. 2nd go

First pitch easy, second pitch has some harder moves

Felt impossibly hard. Got up it eventually. Really didn\'t feel like trying it again. Top was freaky

Tried the 7c direct to start - that was really hard so escaped on to cosmo. The start is lovely, the end was hard. Figuring out which of the polished feet to use was hard. The cornice is hard :\'(