conditioning or a cellar board then maybe, but all other options look
a bit desperate. On the way into the Foundry I saw Dan and Rob and
they were amazed I was going in. I'd made my decisions based on the
temp and on reports that the peak was soaked.
Tim confirmed Rubicon was hideous, Rae described a mist of
condensation rising from the lake and unclimbable conditions. Jules
and I had chatted on the text, she was going to try the Tor, but I got
another text later to say that 'in' was the right answer. In spite of
all of this, Dan Walker has posted on UKB saying that WCJ Cornice was
a bit damp but ok.
At the Foundry meanwhile, so much as standing up and walking to the
wall was enough to break a sweat and I only lasted an hour and half
before sheets of skin were rolling off and it all felt desperate. Went
home and sat in the back garden with the monster before walking to the
Norfolk Arms for a pint of shandy.
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it's really boiling. 40° yesterday here, so i took a couple of friends, we ate one kilo of tartare, drank one bottle of moet & chandon, then we went out to get drunk.
success.
All about the shady quarries dude. Long Tor, Lorry Park, Masson etc, very warm and sweaty but bone dry rock and enough F7b - F8a mileage to keep you busy. Plus a top pint at The Old Poet's Corner in Ashover afterwards.
Dunc and I will be heading out tonight, you're welcome to join us.
Fiend's on the money there yoot. Take advantage of these conditions to check out some places you'd otherwise not visit. LTQ for instance has three good crimpy 8as, plus one of the peak's best 7cs and Nettle Buttress has one of the best 7c+s around. What are you going to do at the Foundry that's better than that?
PS. Or what about Unleashing, a very 'essential' 8a?
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