Hot Lough

June 30th
Heatwave arrives, temperatures running at 25 plus and quite sticky
Looking for suitably cool venue, toss up between Corby's and Crag Lough.  Settled on the latter as we were heading in that general direction anyway, starting from Piercebridge meet up.

AT probes the holds on the very amenable West Corner (S) at the far right of this extensive crag.

Red trousers turned on and tuned in

BP tip toes across the traverse on Face Route (S4a)

Moving up to better holds

The plunging crack on the left is the next route

Gulp

CB follows quite colourfully

The unstoppable CB machine makes light of some slimy jams and dirty smears lower down and gets well into the finishing groove on Route 3 (VS 5a)

Having required two goes to get past the initial horrid jams, the route offers some entertaining shaping to get into the groove.

Following lunch and a bit of a cool off, AT gets hot and quite bothered on Hadrians Rib (VS 4c)

Arrange these words in the right order

chew
more
off
than
bitten

AT makes good an escape onto more familiar ground - Hadrians Buttress (HS and the rest!)

CB's crest falls a little.....

AT gets ready for the big rock over

Good to have to monster nuts in place......

The ubinkuitus CB sticks to the Rib at VS 4c

Superb pic thanks to BP
(Brilliant Pixels)

But whilst we were here....

Pinnacle Face had a powerful pull

So we sent CB up there!

One or two quite wild moves later....


Fabulous climbing

BP takes a walk on the wild side

Phew....

AT makes some similar moves up this difficult but pretty safe route

BP stretching the day out on Dexterity

A solid severe with a testing finale

BBQ moon at West House