Sully on the questing problem (V5) and then Me gurning on the face (V6)Met the Glasgow warrior (Sully) at Oxenholme station just after ten. Managed to persuade him to give up the idea of going chuffing and embrace the concept of living for the move ; ) . So we headed to Coniston and the pudding stone area. After the twenty minute amble past numerous huffing and puffing fell runners we landed up at the pudding stone. This huge lump of rock turned out to be a bit of a let down. The classic V0 on the very high north side was wet and most of the other problems weren’t very inspiring and also highball as fuck. So we settled for a couple of V1 sends on the lower south side of the block then went questing near the edge stone. We managed to find some very nice easy undocumented problems and also a harder dynamic one. Both Sully and I battered away at the dynamic blind slappy moves for about an hour. After getting close and trashing skin we both left the problem unsent, but both concluded it was good and about (V5).
We then headed back past the pudding stone to the split block. After doing the easy stuff I got on the face a V6 wall climb. This used sharp minute holds. Managed to pull on and get close to the top but disappearing strength and thinning skin on my tips led to not topping out. Some amusing gurning photos of me were caught on camera by Sully.
We then both had a look at the crack problem. This was a V3 leaning hand jamming crack that felt desperate by this point.
We bailed and headed for the Wrynose pass problems at long Scar. These problems were a little disappointing and not worth the ten minute walk up hill. After forty five minutes of falling of an easy looking (but height dependant ?) V3 slab we bailed to the pub for tea then set up camp on the Eskdale side of the Wrynose pass.
Conclusion for the day; good views but not enough good problems.
We then headed back past the pudding stone to the split block. After doing the easy stuff I got on the face a V6 wall climb. This used sharp minute holds. Managed to pull on and get close to the top but disappearing strength and thinning skin on my tips led to not topping out. Some amusing gurning photos of me were caught on camera by Sully.
We then both had a look at the crack problem. This was a V3 leaning hand jamming crack that felt desperate by this point.
We bailed and headed for the Wrynose pass problems at long Scar. These problems were a little disappointing and not worth the ten minute walk up hill. After forty five minutes of falling of an easy looking (but height dependant ?) V3 slab we bailed to the pub for tea then set up camp on the Eskdale side of the Wrynose pass.
Conclusion for the day; good views but not enough good problems.
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