The Huntsman becomes the Hunted

Checked out The Esklets yesterday with Lee. Whack crag. Tried the arete there. Whack route. Headed over to some promising looking blocks opposite. Whack also. However, the rock on that side of the dale was really nice once cleaned up and Lee's enthusiasm meant he found a great single move on about the best sloper and best pinch I've seen in Yorkshire - font holds! Can't justify an hours hard walk in to do one sweet move off two nice holds though I don't suppose.

We headed to Goathland next to check out Lee's new problem The Huntsman. He let me mess about on it a bit before revealing the beta. Nice problem on totally immaculate rock. I figured out a less thrutchy method on the extension start and linked that too. Great quality, just once again, isolated. Gradeometer has gone haywire now so not sure how hard the extension is. I reckon it's harder than Philleas Fogg and it's a grade harder than Huntsman so probably font7a/+.

The Huntsman on his new problem: