Over the previous weekend myself and Mike (Binks) cut loose the hedonistic shackles of the Lakes District and headed south to attend the first ever
Organized by Welsh bouldering supremo Chris Davies and ably assisted by a strong team of locals, including Si Panton, Dave Noden and Matt Perrier but to name a few, the scene was set for a ragtag assemblage of climbers from The Peak, Midlands, Mersyside, Oxford and of course The Lakes to meet up at the splendidly revamped public abode "The Fricsan" on Friday evening for a session of shit shooting and beer swilling.
The following morning (Saturday) - and after the customary breakfast at Pete's Eats - the team set forth to descend on the boulders below Milestone Buttress in the
With a belly full of enthusiasm and psyche (not to mention fried bread and sausages!) the usual onset of depression felt by all boulders during hot summer days was brushed aside and much fun was had by all. A number of classics were dispatched including The Prow Font 7c, Harvey Oswald Font 7a+, Jez’s Arete Font 6c, Pit Start Font 6c+, Marilyn Monroe Font 7a, Bombshell Font 6c+, and the ridiculously ungradeable, Dangleberries. Chris Davies even managed to climb a great new line, christened Einstein Font 7b+ - which (via a low gravity moment) I managed the third assent of. Once every one had had their fill of the Ogwen we headed back to the Pass for a warm down session at the Cromlech boulders. Amazingly some of us still had enough energy to send a few tricky lines as well as plenty of area classics.
Image: Harvey Oswald (ss) © Simon Panton
Saturday evening at the Fricsan was even busier than the Friday and had an almost carnival feel with a couple of smashing bands and a really great atmosphere. As the evening wore on tall tales and fishy stories flowed as freely as the ale and another cracking evening toped a superb days pebbling.
Despite the action packed day and half the team rose from there pits on Sunday morning and headed off up the pass for a sesh at the Wavelength boulders (Llanberis pass). Unfortunately a short sharp shower cut things a little short so we headed back to the Cromlech for the final leg. Muscles were now on the brink and skin thinner than an Ethiopian super model but, as I floundered in a pool of my own sweat, Mike found one last ounce of effort and made an impressive send of James Pond (Font7a) to round off what was and had been a cracking weekends jaunt!
Big thanks to the Chris and the
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