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wanna go somewhere other than stanage but with lots of routes and not too far from sheff. would almscliff be the best bet? is almscliff as big as stanage?

In reply to Anonymous:

ha haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

In reply to Anonymous:
There are nearer places to sheff than Almscliffe, and no, it's nowhere near as big.

In reply to CJD:

Now, now Clare.

In reply to Anonymous:

What's wrong with Burbage? You'd probably find the grades at Almscliff a rather depressing experience...

In reply to Ridge:

lol, just made me larf.

In reply to Anonymous:

Guiscliffe is the place for you.

In reply to CJD:

i was told almscliff was the stanage of yorkshire. what's the best crag in yorkshire then?

In reply to Anonymous:

it's good I guess but to term it 'the stanage' of Yorkshire is a bit odd, in my opinion.

I'm not sure what's 'best' - there are such differences of character.

In reply to Anonymous:

Given that the northern part of the edge forms the Yorkshire border, are the vertical bits in Yorkshire or Derbyshire?

In reply to Anonymous:


Guisecliff.

In reply to A Nidderdale boulderer.:

Rubbish. Everyone knows that Calverley Quarry is the best crag in Yorkshire.

In reply to Anonymous:

Whitestonecliffe

In reply to Anonymous:


Woodhouse Scar

In reply to Anonymous:
sorry i ever asked cocktalk for any advise

In reply to Anonymous:

sorry for being mean. I feel (deservedly, I suspect) bad now.

it's just that your question was a bit odd.

In reply to Anonymous: Froggatt

In reply to Anonymous:

Dunno what grades you climb, but we went to Almscliff last autumn and it didn't really 'do it' for any of us...
And I hurt my shin.
Do you really want to go specifically out of the peak area, or are you just after somewhere different?

In reply to TMW:

No way, best go to Adel Crag, it's the Almscliffe of Leeds.

In reply to MeMeMe:
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Ermmm,

Don't seem to be able to find that in the database...

In reply to TMW:
http://www.ukclimbing.com/databases/crags/craginfo.html?id=2821

In reply to Simon Caldwell:


Note to self: Must try harder.

In reply to A Nidderdale boulderer.:


Take chalk, agent orange and napalm...

In reply to Anonymous:
crookrise or rhylstone are some of the best. Brimham is great also.

In reply to Anonymous:


ooooh !!!! Handbags !

p.s. advice. advice. advice.

In reply to hardon:


Then watch out for hillbillys, deliverance style, as you get hopelessly lost in the woods at the bottom...

In reply to TMW:

Have a look in your Yorkshire Gritstone guide

In reply to Anonymous: Almscliff could be said to be similar to Stanage, as it is the most popular grit crag in Yorkshire, and the first place most people head after rain. It is probably has about 1/20 the routes that stanage does (if that), and the ones in the lower grades are probably even more polished than their Stanage counterparts. There are some real classics in the E2-E5 range which have escaped the polish as yet.

For a more stanage like climbing experience i would suggest Crookrise.

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In reply to lummox:
If you've got the napalm, I've got the chainsaw