Caley today, mileage rather than grade was the objective. We sampled plenty of the easy to mid grade classic problems starting with Mr Smooth (F6a) & the Sit Start (F6b).
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| Crush Cooper - Mr Smooth SS. |
Onwards to the Flapjack boulder for some more warm ups, plenty of nice easy slabs and home to the excellent Flapjack Traverse (lee's nemesis - no more) After a couple of goes he had his greasy paws on the top with a massive grin on his face.
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| Lee's Trying Hard Face on Flapjack Traverse |
I repeated shortly after & after seeing Lee's beta Ben was keen to give it a go, a few goes later he was latching the top too! Good Lad!
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| The Dreaded SLAB |
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| Ben on Flapjack Traverse |
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| Pull Through! |
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| Footless - The REAL mans way. |
Yule Log Arete (F6c) was on the tick list and despite being in the sun was in decent nick it wasn't long before we'd send it.
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| Ben on Yule Log |
Lunch demolished we headed back up towards the path and had a quick flick through the guide, smear arete looked good with a nice 6b slopey traverse on the next block. This kept us amused for 20 mins or so until we spotted a brutal looking prow, imaginatively called the prow at F7a+. Skin was in short supply and in just a couple of goes on this sharp fridge hugging block i'de gone through a tip, lee ripped a hole in his palm so it was shit canned for a day with more skin.
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| Actual Footwork. A Rare Sight |
We spotted Back Stabber on the way out so had a quick go before heading to the chippy for a well deserved feed!
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| Cheeky Bum Grab! |
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| Back Stabber (Babba Stabber) |
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