Bouldering and Bimbling at Woodhouse Scar, Halifax
Here are some pictures from a couple of wonderfully warm and sunny evenings. The friction on this incredibly convenient Yorkshire gritstone outcrop was as good as it gets
May 2001 with Dave Raper
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| David bouldering to warm up.
We messed about on Cave Buttress and Pebble Buttress, bouldering and soloing a few easy routes, then set up a looped bottom-rope on The Overhang Group. Here we climbed Bisto (HVS 5a), The Lip (VS 4c), and The Layback (VD). Then we trolled along to Gashed Buttress, where I soloed Kriss (VD), which I thought had rather a tasty finish for VDiff ; and we both soloed Kryton Crack (S), which offers some excellent jamming. A lovely end to the day, what could be better? On the next visit, we started at the Spire Rock end, and did three routes : Dave led, and I seconded Twin Cracks (VS 4b), which seemed pretty hard for the grade; and we both bottom-roped Spigolo (HVS 5a), which seemed next-to-impossible for the grade, and would be a very bold lead |
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| Right : Spire Rock :
Twin Cracks are the, er, cracks, and Spigolo follows the arête. The lower part of the buttress is much more compact, and offers no protection, and not a lot of holds, either
Below left : Dave having a look at Parete (5b) Below right : Steve bouldering out the start of Spigolo |
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| We bouldered our way along to Pyramid Buttress, where Steve led Innominate Crack (S), which has good protection for the start, and a slightly awkward finish past a small tree | ||
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| Steve leading
Innominate Crack
Above left : a very good nut can be placed from the ground to protect the start... Above right : ...moving up: a left hand/fist jam at the back of the break does the biz... Below right : ...lock-off, and a big reach for the next break. Although it's called a crack climb, most of the work is above it |
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| Dave cruises the route with a bit of gear in place: "here's one I prepared earlier". | ||
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| A little more bouldering, including soloed repeats of Kryton Crack, just for the, er, crack, finished off an excellent outing | ||
| Above, Dave soloing Kryton Crack, an easy Severe; as with Innominate, it's getting out of the crack that provides the interest (especially solo)...
...and Steve starting the same route |
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There's some more of the same at The Bridestones.
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