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"When a man is tired of Almscliff, he is tired of life".

It probably has the highest percentage of routes with Stars.
It probably has some of the finest boulder problems in the UK/World.
It probably has somthing for every climber except bolts.
It's probably the finest single venue in the galaxy.

I can't thing of a bad thing to say about the climbing there!
Can you?

In reply to A Nidderdale boulderer.: I can. It`s too much of a walk from The Hunter`s.

In reply to lummox:

Your supposed to go to the Hunters after Almscliff, unless your posh like me and go to the Square & Compass!

In reply to A Nidderdale boulderer.: should`ve known you were a Square and Compass man... roll that trouser leg up and show your nipple.

Plus, you don`t get the effusive welcome from the landlady in the Compass which is part of the package at The Hunter`s.

In reply to A Nidderdale boulderer.: Been once and havn't returned. Not a patch on Stanage or the Roaches.

In reply to A Nidderdale boulderer.: Never really got on with Armscliffe. Something to do with being exceedingly rounded and steep. But I agree - it is a cracking crag complete with most over starred route!

In reply to A Nidderdale boulderer.:


You need to get out and about a bit more!


Chris

In reply to Chris Craggs:

I'll agree with that, but I'll be off to "The Cliff".

In reply to lummox:

There was a foxy little chick behind the bar in the S&C last week.

I like the Hunters but it's completley in the wrong direction!

In reply to A Nidderdale boulderer.:

Windy and covered in cow shit.

In reply to Richard Bradley:

From a bouldering point of view?
I think you went to the wrong Almscliff!

In reply to A Nidderdale boulderer.: amazingly enough, the view improved in the Hunter`s a couple of years ago. She didn`t last long tho- probably the smelly,leery climbers...

In reply to A Nidderdale boulderer.:

I had you down as a Sun Inn man, in your leathers and tassels.

S+C, not even got the taproom now, just a substandard eatery with pretensions of grandeur.

In reply to A Nidderdale boulderer.: Ok, from a bouldering point of view...I have to pass Caley on the way.

In reply to A Nidderdale boulderer.:

Some good routes and boulder problems but I find it unlovable and crowded.

In reply to A Nidderdale boulderer.:

Yes, it's too busy.

In reply to Simon Caldwell:

Not always.

In reply to A Nidderdale boulderer.:
It was on Christmas Day morning, when we turned up in the freezing cold, windy, mist (normal Amscliff conditions) to do the High Man Girdle Traverse when there was nobody around to inconvenience, and the place was overrun with blodderers.

In reply to A Nidderdale boulderer.:

Yeah it's ace but:

1. Far too crowded. Especially around demon wall area.
2. Full of cow crap.
3. FAR too windy. And cold. Gets the worst weather EVER.
4. The wind.
5. The crowds.
6. I go past Caley to get there, and Caley has better bouldering.

In reply to Simon Caldwell:

I doubt if a "Blodderer" would inconvenience a team on the Girdle traverse!

In reply to Kid Spatula:

How often do you have to bush wack through braken, or find boulders covered in green slime like at Caley?

The bracken seems to have mysteriously dissapeared.

It's not slimy at all at the moment.

In reply to A Nidderdale boulderer.:
I meant the low level traverse. The one that's not in the guidebook any more, it disappeared in about 1982 for some reason, despite previously being described as a good route. Probably something to do with getting in the way of every route and boulder problem in sight - it starts at Traditional Route and finishes somewhere past South Chimney

In reply to Simon Caldwell:

It's a low level traverse it's probably in the bouldering guide. Whats it get V0-?

In reply to Kid Spatula:

Nothing is, it hasn't rained for weeks.

In reply to A Nidderdale boulderer.:
Probably VB---
It's Severe in the 1974ish guide.

In reply to A Nidderdale boulderer.:

From October to March it is home to the European Shit Mountain

In reply to lummox:
"Plus, you don`t get the effusive welcome from the landlady in the Compass which is part of the package at The Hunter`s."

Iv always found the barman in the S&Q really friendly and chatty.

In reply to Nevis-the-cat:

What would you know, you're a cat for gods sake.
(all be it one who can use a pc).

In reply to Simon Caldwell:

So did you do it?

In reply to A Nidderdale boulderer.:

I control Marc C's brain, he is at my bidding. I am about to send him naked into Halifax carrying a marrow.

In reply to Nevis-the-cat:

oh

In reply to A Nidderdale boulderer.:


It's very short.

In reply to TobyA:

A short climb isn't a bad one.

In reply to Nevis-the-cat:

Isn't that his daily constitutional?

In reply to A Nidderdale boulderer.:


But a long good climb is always better than a short good climb.

In reply to A Nidderdale boulderer.:

No. Too cold to queue. Tried Zig Zag Direct and gave in when all feeling had disappeared from our hands before even reaching the overhang. Then did some Fluted Columns, Fluted Crack, and V Chimney - enough to make the drive worthwhile before heading back for sticky toffee pud

In reply to A Nidderdale boulderer.:

Half of it is as polished as hell.
it's always packed with climbers and tourists.

My least favourite venue in Yorkshire.

In reply to richardh:

Have you ever been to Brimham??

In reply to A Nidderdale boulderer.:

Err, no. That should be "When a man is tired of Almscliff, he has got a life"
But how many are actually deserved? One - the path leading back to the car.

Doubtful.

???

To paraphrase John Lennon: "Almscliff isn't even the best crag on that hill"
Lack of imagination old chap.

boB

In reply to A Nidderdale boulderer.: It has Great Western, 5* on a 3* system which clearly defines the exceptional quality of the crag!