Scot Crags Struggle

 Wednesday May 12th 

Weather seemed to be good enough to sally forth once again and continue the quest for some sort of recovery of form with another session of  training at;

Scot Crags Scugdale

Plenty of rain the day before and overnight, initial conditions a touch damp and not suitable for the usual warm up circuit.  So got the rope out straight away for some leads on Razor Rib and Beginners slab, four climbs in total.  Moved on from there.

BP got up Holly Tree Wall no problem, but AT legs too long today so unable to make the pokey start on the wide crack on the right (Saints Wall) 

BP stepped up again to take over lead.

Pet's Corner somehow turned into a mini-epic.  AT struggles for good gear in the upper break. Several minutes of mincing about  before enough gumption could be summoned to finish the route.   Sheesh.

BP repeated the lead so AT could mess about with gear options.  

Solid placements found and recorded for future reference.

One more lead on Scot Buttress then switched to top roping, as it was pretty windy up there.

Opened up some more strenuous options to up the training ante.

BP tackled Blaeberry Buttress Direct (yellow dots) but the off-vertical start proved outside AT's current power band.

Right

Nook and Cranny Direct Start, 

Left

Corner Direct - Right

Same stuff done in 2015

NB makes an elegant shape

AT on 

Nook and Cranny Direct Start

11 routes done 7, 6 at HS or thereabouts.  

Pooped.