Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Back in action

Mike "the living guidebook" was back in action on Sunday. He demonstrated that 2 months of revising had not dented his flair for finding decent gear where most would run it out after catching disco leg.

He usually combine two nuts or friends, turning two poor placement into a (half) decent combination:



I also lead my first overhang on natural gear:



Robin Hood's Cave Innominate, harding super direct finish, at Stanage

PS1: I did catch disco leg latter that day, running it up on Mississippi's buttress "Variant" rising hand traverse. That's what HVS on grit does to me...

PPS: For those reading this south of the channel, just have a laugh on "Ze Hinglish" and their weird games!

PPPS: or just try to spot the moss on one of Britain's most famous cliff while sunning yourself on glorious bolted limestone...

## Correction: As i'm checking the spelling of various route names, using an old guidebook courtesy of Matt, it seems that the variant is harder than HVS. How, well, i got sand bagged then!

PPPPS: Sandbagging means givign a lower grade to a climbing route in order to lure an unsuspecting climber into providing entertainment for the watching crowd by catching disco leg. As Mike entertained a lot longer seconding that route that i did leading it, i can't blame him then ;)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

ouaouhhhhhh !!
le surplomb sur coinceurs, tu commences à envoyer du gros !
En parlant de gros, on va se la jouer plage cet été avec Pedro, direction Tarifa : sea, sun and windsurf...

Remi said...

Pascalou > En fait, ce surplomb, est plus facile qu'il n'y parait, si on arrive a s'engager...

Tarifa! Bande de veinards!! Vivement les photos?