White Goods had an obvious gap on the main wall in between Doorstep and Jaz, now that gap has been filled by the route White Goods M8+. Matt and I bolted the route top down, somehow I got the easier angled head wall to bolt, however I had to clean a lot of loose blocks off the lip. Matt then did some strenuous bolting from the roof down!!
The bulk of the climbing up to the roof is provided by good cracks and ledges which I managed to on-sight before running out of ideas and enthusiasm at the roof. White Goods should provide a good intermediate between Jas and Tumble in terms of difficulty.
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| Will at the top of Guava Half |
Down at the Kitchen.... Will and I cleared some ivy from the wall left of the tree to give 2 lines of similar difficulty as Apples and Pears (M6/7).
Just left of the tree is Guava Half that got it's FA by Will after Pete and I persuaded him to give the route a go. I bet that deadpoint to the flatty was exciting!!
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| Will demonstrating one (good) way |
| up the bald headwall of Guava Half |
Moving left again is Agent Orange that featured a hands on rock crimp and axe head mantle rock-over move during my ascent (possibly cheating but good fun).
The most interesting line is the obvious crack that was lead on gear (next to the stepped corner crack - a project for someone with big cams?). It goes at about M5 and I strongly recommend stepping right to the Agent Orange lower off instead of topping out. Apocalypse Now.
Over on the Slate I completed my project on the wall left of Ibex to give the friendly little line Bambi M9.
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Nice one mate, can't wait to jump on them. You've been busy!
ReplyDeleteHow are the placements on Bambi, are they positive? Because there some very long moves, and it looks run-out! I think next line (after your roof project) is the one between Power Pact and Demolition, there's something there I believe.
Looks Ace Rob..a few long moves in there. Do you think a squat like me could make them?
ReplyDeleteyea there is some good climbing on all these lines, the best stuff is the natural moves of course!! I wouldn't like to spoil anyones experience of the route by giving them too much beta (apart from a video showing all of the moves). none of the moves are full extension for me and they felt easier as I redpointed them - I'm only 6' with slightly negative ape index (although dont you have very short arms Dave?) Pete has done most moves on lower section.
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