Dry Tooling Crag
After yesterdays 10 hour session on the
hill and dealing with some of the strongest winds I've been out in,
we opted for a 9am start and a 8 minute walk in to a dry tooling crag
which Martin developed. The aim of the day was to experiment with
what axes and crampons can and cant do on rock as well as having a
great work out. Simon, Lloyd and Andy all managed to get up the
easiest route which they were really pleased with as it equates to a
grade V mixed route. I then popped a rope on a harder route where
they all put top efforts in but unfortunately unable to keep the
lactic acid away and make it too the top. The crag provided so great
options for Andy to practice his gear placements and belay building,
something he has done little of and aloud Simon and Lloyd to carry
out some problem solving.