Good day yesterday. Did a hat-trick of great E1 pitches with Tony - Great Peter, Delectable Direct and Time for Tea Original. All felt pretty hard! Such is the nature of quarried grit as far as I'm concerned. Also spent some time looking longingly at Edge Lane, Master's Edge and London Wall. Conditions would have been good for doing them yesterday, cold but not too cold and all looked clean and well chalked (master's and london wall looked rather too well chalked actually.) Inspired by recent news of Master's onsight and relatively old news of Hannold's London wall solo antics. Impressive feat of rock climbing that. Not up to any of those routes at the moment myself obviously (and never have been in the case of Master's and London wall) but back on it now and aspiration is the first step to success.
Going exploring on the Moors with Lee tomorrow - C'mon elbows!
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Of course you can do London Wall! I think it;s no harder than Stagagem. Not as steep and has a nice resting place. I hung on there and hauled up fresh supplied of gear! The finish isn't run out at all; climb up and stand the resting handhold. Place a wire as high as you can and climb down and rest. Climb back up, place a wire above your last gear and it's only a couple of moves to the top! Tony knows how to do it; he held my ropes nearly 30 years ago. Chris
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