Rhodri & I headed to stanage the other weekend for a day of guided climbing. Rhodri had done a fair amount of indoor stuff but only a few gentle forasys outside. So we atrted at the popular end and warmed up at the Black Hawk Area, with Black Hawk Cell Crack, S 4a, then Black Hawk Traverse, Diff. Deciding we need to work our muscles a bit, having worked on technique we romped up Black Hawk at HS 4c.

Rhodri then picked out a couple of routes and we went for the classic April Crack HS 4c, with confidence high we then got our teeth stuck into Central Trinity at VS 4c.

Next up for the day, was the fantastic flake crack of Heaven Crack at V Diff, then for our final horray of the day we for the stiff little challenge of Amazon crack, which bis a bit of a one move wonder at the start, but does finish with some nice lay backing at S 4a. It was then time to head to the Outside for a little brew and some contemplation on what was a great day.

Tom S

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