Exploring in the clag

Having spotted some potential via satellite, myself and Lee headed up to the moors today to look for boulders. It was a weird day's weather with some mist, rain and clag to contend with and, at times, some strange and interesting light and skies. Fortunately we drove away from the denser clag over hasty bank and Ingleby as we arrived first of all at Park Nab. We had a quick look around and although some of the routes looked pleasant and worthwhile for another visit/time of year, there wasn't really any decent bouldering potential and the crag was soaked anyway.

We quickly checked around for nearby boulders and, finding nothing worthwhile, then headed to the NOS boulder. It was as good as I'd have hoped, if not a bit better really - a nice aesthetic lump with good lines. The weather was at it's dryest for the day too so we got some decent stuff done. I was trying to take it very easy on the elbows and more or less succeeded I think/hope. Though the faces were dry the top outs weren't so we just did some traverses. Some nice moves and got pumped on a couple of things - good elbow rehab I hope.

The rain set in as we moved on to check out the nearby Captain Cook's Crags. On arrival, I was starting to wonder if we'd found the holy grail of moors bouldering - 'that steep, highball, hard and perfect prow hidden in the woods' we'd been earlier chatting about. Unfortunately, on closer inspection, said promising looking cluster didn't inspire me that much. Some nice rock and features but none of it really fitted together so well for climbing on. We did spot some stuff (new and existing) up on the crag worth heading back for some time in the drier future though. Lovely aspect and nice rock.

And that was it for today. Three new crag ticks and I even managed a bit of a climbing hit amidst the elbow depression! I think Ingleby is next on the moors agenda. Plenty of rock up there - hopefully the newly formed exploration duo will find some good stuff.

Oh and I made a whack video the other day, as per the title; a rushed job, just using up old footage rather than delete it basically:

Peak Flow (Part II) from Ram Man on Vimeo.