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At 9am it was gloriously sunny, at 9.30 it was getting decidedly over-cast, at 10am it was quite cool. We decided a strategic journey south would give us a better opportunity to do some climbing…
Earlier in the year (see this) we had tried Warton quarry, but the bird (Peregrine) ban prevented climbing. We checked the BMC site to ensure that we would not be disappointed this time and then headed off down to Warton. Apart from a few people walking their dogs and some noisy jackdaws we had the place to ourselves!
Pete led Deceptive Bends, which had a few bends up a fantastic slab, with one very scary moment when a hold came flying off just as Pete was pulling on it! 
The foreshortened line of Deceptive Bends
I led The Real World, which was just brilliant, apart from the very scrappy and loose first pitch which I made Pete lead. 
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7 Responses to “Warton Warriors”
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Looks like a good venue; which guidebook is it in
It’s in the Lancashire guide book (brick).
hello,
lots of baby owls… had they fledged?
the place was a tad loose and earlier this year
So you’ve been to Warton this year Sarah?! Where was the report for the blog!
Yes, all the peregrine and owl chicks have flown the nest, thus climbing’s allowed again! But the peregrines were screeching around overhead and I believe the owls continue to use the cave as a roost…
maybe i need an avatar that makes me look like a greek god just like Ian’s
The avatar doesn’t make you look like a Greek god…… it just happens that the camera does’t lie!
[...] We forgot the camera today! However, I’ve recycled a picture from a previous trip to Warton Quarry to show the line of today’s adventure; Terminal Trajectory. It’s a lovely looking E3 that I’d wished I’d climbed the last time we were at the quarry. On that occasion I wasn’t brave enough to have a go – there’s a long (over 10m?) runout section of 5c climbing! However, after that visit Paul suggested that if I got a good runner in the crack of Third World before committing to the slab it should all be good. Not that Paul actually knew this, but it’s amazing how simply thinking this can power you up a route – especially in less than ideal damp conditions! To start with the first 10m, which follow the crack of Third World (HVS), were scary, being very damp! So much so I thought I wouldn’t be able to do the route at all. But luckily the thin climbing above had dried, game-on! It might be in a quarry, but it’s gotta be one of the best 50m limestone pitches in Lancashire. The foreshortened line of Terminal Trajectory shown in yellow,the red line is from a previous visit when we did Deceptive Bends [...]