Dr Crowe and Woody had a quiet evening out at Buckstones above the road trying out a few problems at the right hand end of the outcrop above the road.
Also a few repeats of some of the slippery critters from the previous week.
Posts Tagged ‘bouldering’
Buckstones #3 – Not Falling Off
Posted in outdoor climbing, tagged 2010, bouldering, buckstones, monday night, not raining on May 25, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Buckstones #2 Falling Off
Posted in outdoor climbing, tagged 2010, bouldering, buckstones, falling off, Grit, not raining on May 18, 2010| 1 Comment »
Another trip to Buckstones, going above the road trying a whole load of problems. The highlight was Dr Crowe sliding off a sharply overhanging arete continuing down the slope backwards head first … Sharpey provided this photo of him hanging on.
The second attempt at the arete was “cheroot assisted” – the additional weight tipping the thoracic friction move in his favour but masking the critical move in a Thomas the Tank Engine style cloud of tobacco smoke. Perfect technique.
buckstones
Posted in outdoor climbing, tagged bouldering, buckstones, climbing, monday night on May 11, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Our first Monday night out of the season saw a fine turnout of stout chaps. Mr Tuckle, Drs Ali & Crowe, Andy Wood and Diver Driver. Off we went up to Buckstones, without a guide, for a splendid evening of bouldering fun.