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Best Climbing Experience

I have had many great climbing experiences over the years - early days on grit and in North Wales in the 80s, creeping up the grades; sport climbing in the early 90s in leafy Chee Dale and sunny France; holidays on the Spanish Costas in the mid 90s; and more recently with taking my children out for their first experiences. Probably the best climbing time I have had (so far) were the years I spent obsessed with Pembroke from 1987 to publishing the Pembroke Rockfax in 1995 - great climbs, great routes and great company in one of the most beautiful areas in the world for rock climbing. To pin point an actual moment would be difficult, so I'll choose three: sitting on top of Star Gate after cruising this peerless climb and experiencing "most of the Atlantic Ocean beneath my feet" on the final moves; finding Darkness at Noon in perfect conditions and grabbing an ascent late one day when we were expecting "just another Leap E5"; and clawing over the top of Trevallen after a tenuous ascent of Orange Robe Burning, forearms burning, eyes on stalks, friends waiting at the top.

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Name Grade Style Partner(s) Notes Feedback Date Crag name
Supplementary Questions 5a * Lead Dominic Green 27 May Horseshoe Quarry
Spiteful Rain 5c * Lead Dominic Green 27 May Horseshoe Quarry
Second Prize/Commiseration 5c * Lead Dominic Green 27 May Horseshoe Quarry
O Brother Where Art Thou? 6a * Lead Dominic Green 27 May Horseshoe Quarry
No Way is Patience a Virtue 6b * TR Dominic Green 27 May Horseshoe Quarry
Grapple with Flake f5+ Sent   4 Mar Burbage South Valley Boulders
Sloping Nose f5 * Sent   4 Mar Burbage South Valley Boulders
Pebble Wall f4+ * Sent   4 Mar Burbage South Valley Boulders
Useless Cracks f2 Sent   4 Mar Burbage South Valley Boulders
Useless Arête Right-hand f3+ * Sent   4 Mar Burbage South Valley Boulders
The Useless Arête f3+ Sent   4 Mar Burbage South Valley Boulders
Slab Right f2+ Sent   4 Mar Burbage South Valley Boulders
Slab Left f2+ Sent   4 Mar Burbage South Valley Boulders
Useless Prow Right-hand f3+ Sent   4 Mar Burbage South Valley Boulders
Huggy Sit-start f6A Sent   3 Mar Burbage South Valley Boulders
Alaska f6A ** Sent   3 Mar Burbage South Valley Boulders
Cicely f4+ * Sent   3 Mar Burbage South Valley Boulders
KBHR f5 ** Sent   3 Mar Burbage South Valley Boulders
Exposure f4+ ** Sent   3 Mar Burbage South Valley Boulders
Northern f5 ** Sent   3 Mar Burbage South Valley Boulders
Wall Past the Flatty f5+ * Sent Dominic Green 26 Feb Gardom's Edge
Arete f4+ * Sent Dominic Green 26 Feb Gardom's Edge
Grab a Pint f5+ Sent Dominic Green 26 Feb Gardom's Edge
G-Thang f6B+ *** Sent Dominic Green 26 Feb Gardom's Edge
Middle Triplet Ridge f5+ * Sent Dominic Green 26 Feb Gardom's Edge
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