Ascents in Peak District Limestone

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