Had a good time despite climbing nothing!
Thursday was a busy day in Uni followed by some hard resting.
Friday was the first round of the Climbing works bouldering league. The french had sent Jacky to set some hard problems, and Ludo to do them all and put us to shame (it was good to see Ludo climb, as i have always thought he is a bit of a hero). However, Ludo clearly hadn't been to Jamming school so didn't clean up.
Dave Barrans (http://www.davebarrans.blogspot.com/) (fresh from placing 8th at the last round of the world cup) flashed the lot, apart from the beefy roof, which only Ludo did. I only managed to make one silly mistake which is unusual for me, and think i may have done ok overall (not seen the results yet).
Went out on limestone on Saturday with Darkhorse and Kev. They wanted a guided tour of that naughty crag. Darkhorse has been before, and thought he had done the hulk, which is a good effort seeing as he did it 2nd go. It turns out he did "in bulk" - the 8a eliminate by accident. Oops!
Warmed up at Rubicon, where we saw Dobbin who was sooo close to tsunami.... again. I can't wait til he does this, it is long overdue!
D had a few goes on Tsunami, then made a casual ascent of low right.
(this is some chinless fool on the kudos wall back in the summer)
Over the road,Tit for Tat went down for D and me, matching the sloper first, then no matching. Probably both 7c+, just that one is harder than the other (especially when done static...!).
Next up was the Hulk. I always found this really hard, probably because i wasn't strong enough previously, and i tend to go when it is hot. This time it felt ok. I am really pleased to have climbed this shiny piece of history.
Now the weather has gone bad, but it looks like it could improve by the weekend.
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