Day: June 9, 2007
Cameo E1 5a Having resigned myself to another weekend of inactivity due to a sore and swollen ankle and after a text from Strong Shane [Ed. SS] “wanna climb tomorrow” I thought why not! So after more texts Shane suggested Wilton, Lancashire’s answer to Millstone. Starting in W3 Shane opted for warming up on a …
To round off an excellent day, except for hurting my thumb, we enjoyed an awesome BBQ on the shore of Derwent water… We even fed some of the ducks, check out Sarah ‘hand’ feeding them…
Today’s great plan was to give Grand Alliance (the ultra classic E4 of Black Crag, Borrowdale) a shot! “Before”; Starting Prana I thought I’d warm up, and check out how strong the fingers felt, by repeating it’s neighbour, Prana, an amazing E3… When I last climbed Prana the crux was reaching a crucial positive hold …
After a hot day at Black crag, what more could we want..... yes magnums delivered courtesy of Jon.... Mmmmmmmmmmmm.
