The Triermainers

Thursday October 18th
A glorious golden autumn day in prospect thank God we're climbing.  A foggy ride over the Pennines and across the Eden valley.  But once past Penrith the sky was Azure and All was Well.  There's no way we could let 2018 pass by without a visit to;

Castle Rock of Triermain

The air was still pretty cold on the walk in and frost was hanging on in the shade.  But what a scene!

CB demonstrates a variation on Slab Climb, moving right up the crux groove.

Conditions can only be described as fabulous

BP follows

All set to rock over and bridge out.







Good to do an old favourite in new style

Brilliant climbing

On impeccable rock

In superb conditions

BP keeps the momentum going with a variation direct finish on the route next door


As opposed to a more usual scuttle off left

Thin moves lead to better holds

AT gets a go on the front


Wall Climb
All done by the book!

We had some lunch in good company

Also on Wall Climb

Following the sun round onto the front face


CB gets  out of the steep groove that starts Kleine Rinne



Sensational

Short clip here

A few more moves up to the belay

BP sorts out the crux


Meanwhile a fellow traveller finishes off Via Media

BP refuses to be intimidated by the steep moves at the start of Direct Route

Once the small hex is in we can all breathe again


A local climber woos that big jug on Kleine Rinne

The main crack is very wet

Fortunately there are fine moves out left for BP to make some great shapes on

Alone in that sea of rock

It just keeps going and the finish is steep and run out


Great effort Mr P





CB follows in typically efficient style

Time for another

AT revels in the juggy arete at the start of Via Media

Last led four years ago!

The crux move into the crack is still worth 4b




The variation finish to the right proves sporty also





More pics
here

 L-R

Via Media

Direct Route

Kleine Rinne 

Wall Climb

Lilith

Slab Climb

Perfect weather

Perfect Rock
Great setting

Excellent  company 

Fantastic day!

Lakes Gold

10 October

Freak warm one day wonder, no option but to head west and marvel at the season of mist and mellow fruitfulness in full glory - Grasmere to Ambleside

5 miles
555 bus back (599 actually!)

Quantum Grit

October 9th

Once you've described the electron field, the quark field, the gluon field, and the Higgs field, then that's everything covered, or so the theory goes.  But a dedicated bunch of boffins are still busy experimenting with the;
Lawrencefield

Nothing discreet about the gang of five who turned up on a glorious autumn morning to push some gritstone equations to the limits of known principles and beyond.

Three Trees Climb catches all the photons going early in the day so gets done straight out of the text book

NB follows this with a speedy lead on Snail Crack

BP summons up the energy to tackle the steep finish on Tyrone

Ready to turn up the power



The electron field shimmers in readiness

Once again the ab-routine helped to put a big
⧍t into the day.

CB opts to address the compelling line that is Great Harry.

In this region gravity is doubled whilst friction is halved


Problematic

BP keeps going

So does the route, relentlessly

CB on the event horizon

BP nears the metabolical limit

AT juggles uncertainty and probability some way above the last gear on Gingerbread

BP passes the same spot later on

Best not to verify that;

v²  =  u² + 2fs

at this point in space and time

 
CB found some gear on Meringue, having stuffed siderunners into Gingerbread just by.

CC pronounced it tasty, verified by BP as bomber.



Future lead?

Unknown climber on Great Peter

E15b








BP has seen things you people would not believe

NB demonstrates photon multiplying garb


More pics here

Note CC also 2nd routes