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Friday 23 August 2019

Derbyshire Showers

Thursday August 7th

Traveled hopefully arrived in similar fashion.  However the fickle weather Gods messed about and the 10% chance of rain turned into several short showers.  So conditions less than ideal at last year's
GO-TO venue in the Peak......

Yarncliffe



CB arrives in time to make a shapely second on Latecomer



All is still dry as BP formulates some fancy footwork on Ant's Wall





CB in cruise mode



Cardinal's Arete is in poor condition.

AT and CB contemplate



It's greasy

AT wonders if it goes




A shower intervenes and retreat to lunch seems sensible







Forty minutes and one leader fall later AT finds some better rock



Ready for the RH transition



Visiting climber AB guesting on second






BP keeps going through the rain




Slippery jams lead to a steady finish




Last route winds the day down in better conditions






Fall Pipe (LH crack) this year vs October 18

Going to need a drought and a good clean up







Both all the way from
1970

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