Yeah, but you get all that amazing slate and rhyolite! *g* I really need to climb in Wales at some point too.
The gritstone is freaky-wonderful stuff, though. The friction is so extreme I was using slopers and smears that I'd never have dreamt of being able to stick to on any other type of rock/plastic/concrete I've experienced.
Which is good, because you don't really get anything except slopers and smears. Well, and hand-jams, I gather, but I didn't venture into those arcane mysteries this time.
It feels like a whole new climbing style in some ways.
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Re: SO MUCH GLEE
Date: 2011-01-28 11:31 am (UTC)Yeah, but you get all that amazing slate and rhyolite! *g* I really need to climb in Wales at some point too.
The gritstone is freaky-wonderful stuff, though. The friction is so extreme I was using slopers and smears that I'd never have dreamt of being able to stick to on any other type of rock/plastic/concrete I've experienced.
Which is good, because you don't really get anything except slopers and smears. Well, and hand-jams, I gather, but I didn't venture into those arcane mysteries this time.
It feels like a whole new climbing style in some ways.