Thursday 30 August 2007

Peak

I went t' peak and got rained on then, when it brightened, I lost all my skin within a session - I blame lack of veg. more on this when I can be arsed

Aberdeen DWS


I went to Aberdeen. I think DWS is MEGA.

Thursday 9 August 2007

I was Working.. But then I got Psyched!!

Today is my last day of work before I jack it in. "Why are you jacking it in?" I hear you ask... Well, it's because I'm PSYCHED!!

Working for me is a nightmare. It feels like I'm wasting my time. I end up thinking about different moves and projects and the feeling of psyche builds and builds. If it's sunny outside, I'm even more psyched - I might actually go climbing! But I can never be sure - I don't drive and there's only about 3/4 people I cant hope to get a lift climbing with. This uncertainty makes me even more psyched because I have to make the most of every opportunity! It gets to the point where I have to go climbing, nothing else for it. This usually means going to the wall. But last night, it meant a trip to Cummingston...

Rob and I drive out to Cummingston after work, and every farmer seems to be out in their tractors, not that i dislike farmers of course! We get to Cummy and meet Rich and Dave and start climbing. I've never bouldered much here before so it was a real treat to be shown round all the classics by expert local Dave. Tempts were top, the friction sweet and the climbing delightful. I always thought of the bouldering here as mainly traverses and eliminates, and maybe thats true, but I didnt realise how worthwhile a venue it is reguardless. We went round all the cool lines, the highlights for me being a flash of Match and Snatch font 7b (I think thats its name), and a kinda flash of Finger Licker font 7b (tried it years ago). All thanks to enthusiastic beta from Dave and shouts of alle! from rich and rob. Lowlights were coming off the last move of a overhanging arete and narrowly missing a flash on the Nest font 7a (dunno if thats what its called).

Anyway, gotta finish packing because tonight I leave for my girlfriends Birthday! then on to Aberdeen for the Deep Water Soloing Fest! After this I'm heading down t peak for 16 days. With so much climbing on offer, I'm gonna try and relax and enjoy it as a holiday instead of climbing climbing climbing climbing... which I hope will be refreshing change. Probably end up getting psyched though.

Cheerio, Mike

Sunday 5 August 2007

Huntly's Cave

Yesterday I when to Huntly's Cave with a brand new climbing bud, Ben. He'd slept in having been out most of the night and we didn't head out till 2pm. When we arrived (watch out the car park is different now so remember to stop even if you dont recognise it) Ben climbed double over hang then I had a score settled on Pete's Wall. Last time I was on it resulted in server pump and my first leader fall. Yesterday it felt like a piece of piss, maybe only E1, but I'll happily take the 2 E points. Ben's elbow was fucked from arm wrestling and he couldn't second and that was his climbing over for the rest of the day. I then attempted Bo Po Crack. I'd tried it before arsing around one day, going on it again it felt like an onsight. A few timid attempts at getting over the roof were reversed until Ben said he was getting eaten alive by midge. I decided to go for it and pull over the roof but the temps were not good and I greased off. Got it next try... am def taking the e points on that one too.

What people don't seem to get is that it is my e point league, I make the rules, and one of the rules is that the best looking climber will win!!



Edit: Murdoch had this to say about my ascent of Bo Po Crack: "get my fucking name on ur blog then" as he gave me knowledge of where the good hold were. Sorry Murdo, Thanks for the beta... Ya needy person!