Heat Treatment

Friday July 6th

NB hanging with the dog over in Ribbleworld.  Venue options in the Airedale and Wharfdales looking favourite.  Tempted by Simon's Seat.   In the continuing heatwave the laws of energy and time conservation prove dominant factors in the day's calculation.
Ribble + Wibble x3/4 equals

Brimham Rocks

Some more Cubic Equations to solve for starters

Gravity at the base of the crag feels unusually strong today


NB finds it eases with height

BP plays with the same moves


Dainty

AT gets assistance from NBs well practiced psychic powers





BP solved Shorty's Dilemma and found a Square Root before AT takes a turn up Cubic Corner

 Cams at the double!

There are still new shapes to be made even on the old favourites



Animation here

On to Cannon Rock











A couple of toots on the flutes and it's time for the pro to go

BP ready to finish off up the steady groove


NB follows - dog duties oblige early finish

Grit Corner
A minor classic

How have we passed this one by?

Time for two more
Mostly shaded

Overlapping Wall (R)
Another tough start

and Duggies Dilemma
No gear - TR

More pics here






Four new routes on the list and more to do

More Midsummer Moors

29 June 2018

Seemed like there was unfinished business from Tuesday's Moors Multi-Crag.  Had to go back for more of the atmoshpheric climbing at;

Ravens Scar

Todays crag looms darkly above Great Broughton.

Got straight onto Airlift (S 4a)

Catching the morning sun so couldn't leave it alone.


AT gets off at the top floor

 BP bridges up the bone dry Waterslide












 Setting up an ab-station to do some route cleaning

Via Anna gets the brush off




Ready for later

Lazy Bones was filthy

So swapped across on to En Passant


AT wanders blithely up to the groove above a good ledge

About to get a bit of a shock!

The moves up from the next ledge are raight stiff


Tony Marr shows the way

© Tony Marr/Mike Tooke
2015

BP sets up for the thrilling moves up Forest Face

Great position

Via Anna VS 4b - and a bit more?
All buffed up for BP's lead

Gaps in the dots have to be filled in somehow


North Sea weather rolling in

BP deals with the first crux at mid height


The last moves prove problematic in the cold wind blowing mist straight from the North Sea

Business still to finish

Another view
That man Marr is at it again!

© Tony Marr/Mike Tooke
June 2017 

Some beta for next time

Ahab HS 4b

AT has tried and failed on this route numerous times


But not today

Moby Dick is alive and mutinous

* BP all but final 3m.  AT 2nd

The crag wears its grades with considerable modesty

Day Trippers

Wednesday 28 June

Ride down to Ripon for a visit to Studley Royal Water Gardens and Fountains Abbey

Fabulous

4 miles walked

Tea and Scones

Ice Cream

Great day out for Darby and Joan

Hasty Bank Bake Off

Tuesday June 26th

Heat wave cooking all the crags up.  Over ambitious plan to the Dovestones canned by an outbreak of common sense.  BP's brainwave adopted gratefully - giving the potential for plenty to do with some sheltered climbing provided by the great NYM multicrag combo of;

The Wainstones and Ravens Scar

NB makes most of the shade on Wall and Ledge

No need to warm up

AT persuaded (with some difficulty) into throwing in some jams and shapes

Another good line

BP opts for the NYM Classic



Small climb with a big feel

Can't say no to one of those

AT follows - clip here


NB can be viewed following there

Ling Buttress

Groove and Crack

NB sorts out the moves into the groove

Nearly gets an eye taken out by a recoiling #7 rock further up.

Dangerous sport this climbing business

AT gets an offset in on the Arete



Steep



Slopey finish tamed by hidden foothold

Final route on the 'Stones


No time to linger, all fully baked and ready for some shade over the other side

Forest Face


Great climbing

NB unties to conserve energies for pixels

BP makes some exploratory moves on Via Anna

Gets voted 4c in UKC

Gave it a good go.  But a crucial hold too dirty - backed off.

Will need to come back with time to do some cleaning

Worth coming back for though

Airlift via the direct start

BP steps up into the light

Great climb at the grade


More pics
here

Chilled out 

Spliffing drive home

Errr......

Hat makes comeback