10 October, 2006

The Rasp (21): Tom, Frank and Faz were Exterminated. More like bouldering with rope. However, Frank and Faz did a variant start from Dolermite Dreaming to traverse left back onto the wall. Chris and I succeeded in cleaning the climb several times.

Dolermite Dreaming (21): What a horrible climb. Awkward moves across manky rock. Fraser cleaned it. Tom and I got to the arete and Chris near the 1st bolt.

Tombstone Row (15): Matt was practising his stemming* technique on the dihedral start. Everyone else cruised up.

Idiot Wind (21): Faz and Chris worked this route and it worked them too. Even though I cruised up, its still a classic with some good airy exposure to remind you how vertical the headwall is.

The Stoats Stepped Out (21): Faz was the only one to climb this. The headwall looks daunting. 

*Stemming or bridging is the act of balancing your weight between two distant foot holds. Usually done in a dihedral or a corner of rock. A great technique for reducing body weight from your upper body to the legs.