The great weather continues so I'm trying to get out as much as possible at the moment, even though it was quite hard to get up today at 6am after a week at work. Paul was as keen as me to climb Gillercombe Buttress (another classic rock route!). Surprisingly (or maybe it shouldn't have been) when we arrived at Seathewaite (7.30am) it was already full of cars.
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| There she blows - Gillercombe Buttress |
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| Pauls 'still going strong' 40 year old Karrimor rucksack, with metal buckles and a leather crampon/top patch. I wonder if these features will ever come back in fashion. |
The walk up beside Sour Gill was a good warm up, and we soon arrived at the crag. Initially it looked like we would get held up as a party of 3 were ahead of us gearing up at the base of the route, but luckily they were simul -climbing and soon disappeared.
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| Paul 'throwing' some moves |
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| One last look, homeward bound (can you spot the other 5 climbers?) |
Gillercombe Buttress was a nice route, maybe more broken than I'd imagined, but some nice pitches in the 200m length. When we collected the bags after finishing there were a few teams dotting the length of the route.
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