UKC

Hi,

I am looking for a spot in the South Lakes to practice Aid Climbing.

No I know it's cheating and the climbing Nazis will shoot me down in flames but I don't want to get halfway up the Eiger in a snow storm and then try and work out how my aiders work!

Ideally I am looking for a low angle bolt ladder. I have considered a climbing wall but I recon I will get a load of abuse. I good crack line that will take bomber protection would do.

Suggestions?

In reply to captainfire576:

Maybe somewhere that doesn't get a lot of traffic. Upper Spout Crag http://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crag.php?id=3122 might be a goer. You get to do some clean aid and the routes get a tidy up in the process.

In reply to captainfire576:

Can't imagine too many people will be up in arms, if you aid it on nuts & cams.

http://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/c.php?i=51903

In reply to captainfire576:

Kendal climbing wall has a section for aid climbing with pegable cracks etc, maybe worth ringing and asking I you can use it?

In reply to captainfire576:

thanks. I will look into the wall and upper scout!

In reply to captainfire576:

There is a bolt ladder in hodge close between cellar dwellars and the plunger. Cheat stick or combined tactics useful for 1st bolt then bolt ladder with a few high steps (odd bit of trad gear might be useful). The Works is also good fun for high angle aiding

In reply to captainfire576:

As a fellow follower of any Eiger Talk I am surprised Bob did not suggest that a pair of aiders are not your priority in an Eiger snowstorm. There are also no easy angled bolt ladders there either

Try the Kendal wall or ask at Ingleton.

The bolts on the dry tooling quarries are close enough for easy aiding.

In reply to captainfire576:

Upper SPout!