Froggatt with friends

To celebrate being a student again, we joined climbing friends who were camping in the Peak. Yesterday, we climbed at Froggatt. I started with Chequers Buttress and belayed Heather and then Louise:



Click on the picture to open a slide show of Heather climbing chequers buttress or here to access the set on flickr:



Same for Louise: click on the picture for the slide show and here for the set:



I climbed Sickle Buttress Direct, a route i'd never done before and belayed Louise and Scott up it. Meanwhile, Heather was leading the very nice Allen's Slab. By the time i got to the camera, she was at the top:



Rob and Angie joined us. I havne't seen Rob look so happy for a long time, so here they are:



Inspired by Heather, I lead Allen's Slab. I managed to place the three "friends" given to me as a leaving present by my ex-colleagues. Mike fetched my camera and took pictures of the finish, while the audience heckeled me for "posing"



Only Louise followed me up that one. Then, Slab recess direct with Louise and Scott.

Finally, Jaimie gave me the chance to try downhill racer on a top rope. It's too hard for me, and if Scott puts his pictures on the web i won't look so good then!

We then retreated to the pub under the thin drizzle. What a great day!

Thank you to Heather, Louise and Mike for taking these pictures.