Last night in fading light we hit our most local crag (10 mins drive) to get Caroline onto a line she had been eyeing up for a while now. Picture a lovely setting sun, quiet crag in the countryside, little lambs etc... and a crimpy little trad testpiece with a strong Irish woman yarding up through it :) Picturesque or wot?
The lower wall crux reach for Caroline
Moving towards the first piece of protection...
She can climb the route but it's time to contemplate the lead... Trad headgames
Despite the odd reach required lower down, Caroline fairly cruised up this route, as a sports route it might get 7a, maybe even 7a+.... grades Caroline can lead fine - but as a trad lead with limited protection placements (sometimes fiddley to place) it's a different matter.... I'll keep ye posted!
2 comments:
Good luck Caroline....I wish I had time to project at the moment....soon all this college work will be over though :P
Haa... Cheers Steve, I'll pass that onto her :)
Now get back to those books!
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