Lets be having you then... who got out yesterday and who's going out today?
I did climb yesterday, only a couple of routes because although Stanage was, as I predicted, in the sun and relatively dry in many places, I had failed to appreciate the screaming gale that would be blowing! Simon had a go at
Triplet (VS 4b) although the conditions were against this so he finished up
Little John's Step (S 4b) instead. I led
Verandah Pillar (HS 4b), it is only 8 mtrs, but by the top I had fingers that were completely numb and I just couldn't feel the not so positive top out moves. Much stuffing one hand at time into armpits, crotch etc. was done hanging on to the final holds of the route before a rather timid me flopped onto top. We left at about 1 pm and there were other teams still climbing so I'm not claiming last climb of 2017.
Last year I went for a jog along Stanage at about 8pm on NYE and climbed
Grotto Slab (M) in my fell shoes by headtorch so that might have actually been the last climb done in the UK for that year? Did anyone do anything silly by headtorch last night?
And who is climbing today? Who got up early enough to have done the first route of 2018?
Happy New Year everyone. Happy and safe climbing in 2018.
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