攀登 in Almscliff by Jim Croft

Polished start

Exposed.

If you like Offwidths its good, last VS at Almscliff.

Had to clean before attempt and while climbing it.

Had to clean before attempt and while climbing it.

Had to clean, before and during!

Cleaned before and during!

with Guido, pleased to have soloed it found it a hard lead, mind though that having no rack and not blocking jams with cams made it a bit easier that way.

with Guido, hard low down, delicate higher up. Traversed off at half height ledge after crux.

3 times on top rope, solo next time.

finished via the Central Climb variation thingy.

Bold even as a repeat.

Very scary for such a small climb, no gear so its a solo.

Brilliant, had put this off for too long. Took the five star finish for the full experience and savoured every move. Best climb in Yorkshire? I agree.

Fantastic, put this off for too long. Took the five star finish for full effect.

Bold and reachy at the top. Will lead it next.

Bold and reachy at the top.

lean on second go, first time got wrong handed on move left to flake.

Superb, watch out for pigeons.

As good as ever.

Filling in the gaps, only 3 VS climbs left at Almscliff for me to lead. Then its HVS!

A monkey off my back.

Tried this last year, but was too weak to do it. Felt OK on it this time.

Very, very polished start, one delicate move.

Have done 3 times since.

The ony thing I managed well, suffering a case of flu.

Seconded as I was too ill to lead anything. Went home and went to bed.

The only lead of the day. The rest was doing about 20 boulder problems.

Another VS 5b with a very hard start, great moves above, worth more stars.

My first Amscliff HVS and found it OK! Good gear from first horizontal. Had a mat too.

Finally got around to leading this one Bit easier than it looks, once you know the moves, but still a hard start.

Pumpy, has to be graded harder than is, because it does the crux of Traditional Climb (VS 4c) and then has a pumpy hand jam traverse with nothing for feet. Suggest VS 5a.

Again, still a nice climb.

Offwidth sums it up.

Had a rope alongside in case things got nasty.

Pete led.

Pete Mc led. Third time on climb, still hard and insecure due to polish.

Dry at last.

Dry at last.