The Golden Age of Rock and Roll

......Refuses to die in Newcastle
16 Nov 2013

The Seventies!  Authentically retroduced!
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Everybody out!

Tuesday November 12th
Climbers homed in on the NY Moors from the North, South and West
Scugdale
Numerous routes, variety of styles, including some unscheduled flight time and thankfully safe landings.
All in all a great few hours of Autumn sunshine action.

PM on Jack's Delight
VS 4b

NB in action on this route
here

NB in polished style running the flag up
 Mainmast Crack
(S 4a)

BP throws some shapes on a balancey sequence on

Pingers

(VS5a)

NB a bit higher

feeling the pinch

AT gets into the forbidden fruit of 5a territory on
Eve

Eve 'n' more

It's great when a plan comes together!

Millienium Field Fettling

Nov 10th

Clean up squad

Autumn's Red Blaze

Monday November 4th

Japanese Acer

West House

Looking across from Hutton Roof to the Howgills and Whernside

View 25 miles west 

Lakeland fells range from

Coniston Old Man to

Kentmere round 

Climb on the Wild Side

Oct 30th
Scugdale

A brief weather window opened, the sun came out and the wind blew in.
11 routes done - good climbing

NB holds on tight
on Scot Buttress

Note wind blown rope

Langdale variations

Friday October 11th
Overnight at Fairbank
Middlefell esoterica
Middlefell Butress P1v1 (S) BP
Arrived just behind large group from The University of Cumbria doing leader training - buttress  festooned with students, ropes and instructors.  After first pitch abandoned into the gully and climbed up to check out the routes revealed in the new guide on the upper right hand wall.

Unknown climber on P1v1

Halfway up the steep gully
V tricky ground
Abundance of atmosphere

Backed off
"Albino Hare" (MS)

Gareth (HS)
A little run out in middle section

BP contemplates heather filled finishing crack
"Good value"

Descended via Gimmer track and aimed for Revelation on Raven Crag

This was in use by the only party on the entire crag! - so carried on to East Raven.
"Mamba" S4b
Stopped by crux at 12m
Reversed moves and handed lead to BP, found the key foothold that opened the sequence

Climbing locations
and intervening meanders

High Five

October 1st
Autumn venues now in play
Glaciated Slab
Fits the bill perfectly, roadside crags are for wimps
Five of the best Trods in town
Tethera D (AT)
Pimp D (PM)
Methera VD (AT)
Dovera VD (PM)
Pip MVS (AT)

Fabulous setting

PM Pimps his ride.....

(Pic also tarted up!)

Sky, rock, climber all bona fide pixels taken on the day!

Belayed gratification

Photo
montage
Trod Pip

Some
creative
moves
needed


More pics here
and
here as well

Some guitar anthems including