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Dry tooling Sport crag areas - progression

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 ihugrocks 15 Mar 2017
I've been dry tooling at my local crag recently and wondered about progressing this. I've just been climbing existing sport lines with tools but feel i need to train this indoors. I fancy going a bit further from home and some longer lines only been on around 15m so far. Be great to have some suggestions. Currently in the SW.
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 Nathan Adam 15 Mar 2017
In reply to ihugrocks:

When you say "existing sport lines", you don't mean you've been dry tooling on established sport climbs, do you?
OP ihugrocks 15 Mar 2017
In reply to Nath93:

yeah at my local sport crag. thought it would be better than trad lines incase i fell
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ROSP 15 Mar 2017
In reply to Nath93:

Don't feed the trolls!
 Greasy Prusiks 15 Mar 2017
In reply to ihugrocks:

You're obviously trolling.
 Otis 15 Mar 2017
In reply to ihugrocks:

With trolls this blatant it feels like I'm in the gift shop at a major Norwegian tourist attraction!
 Nathan Adam 15 Mar 2017
In reply to ihugrocks:

Lol!
 tspoon1981 15 Mar 2017
In reply to ihugrocks:

I thought Millstone Edge was the go to crag for drytooling.
 Greasy Prusiks 15 Mar 2017
In reply to tspoon1981:

I thought that was the learn-to-bolt area?
 tspoon1981 15 Mar 2017
In reply to Greasy Prusiks:

My apologies, easy mistake, it's because I tend to just scratch my tools around anywhere in the peakS district when the mood for drytooling takes hold.
 Greasy Prusiks 15 Mar 2017
In reply to tspoon1981:

No worries. Who doesn't like a bit of classic peak dry tooling?

Top tip; A wire brush will remove even the most stubborn of ugly chalk marks. Can't stand unsightly white marks all over the rock.
 tspoon1981 15 Mar 2017
In reply to Greasy Prusiks:

I challenge anyone to find a person that doesn't enjoy scuffing their way up classic grit climbs, the benefits of using crampons on classics is easy removal of horrendous polish. It's a win win.

If using wool I like to use York abrasives wire wool. I start at grade 4 and work down to 00 to get a super smooth finish
 Nathan Adam 15 Mar 2017
In reply to tspoon1981:

Grit is soft enough to kick front points into anyway, no?
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