More swift climbing

It's been a fantastic weekend of looking at moving efficiently on rock.

The total for our weekend of climbing Diff to VS routes

25 pitches              5 crags

23 "stars"               8 routes

4 abseils

not bad for leasurely starts and being back in the pub before 5pm!

We climbed on Scout Crags; Gimmer; White Ghyll; Pavey Ark and Raven Crag

The list reads like a navigation through the Langdale routes of Classic Rock Climbing in Langdale

The Slabs, Route 1 - 3-stars                     Stoat's Crack - 2-stars

Route 1 (Scout Crag) - 3-star                    Middlefell Buttress - 3-star

"D" Route - 3-star                                Ash Tree Slabs- 3-star

North West Arete- 3-star                           Bracket & Slab- 3-star

So I'm off for an early night and back on the rock on Tuesday - the weather looks excellent for the Lakes this week.

Climbing on Gimmer in Langdale

Fantastic weather in the Lakes, the snow & ice climbing has gone from Cumbria and the rock climbing season has arrived, but there are still patches of snow in the gullys making for fantastic views.

Steve and I headed up to Gimmer to climb multi pitch routes to the left of the Cracks (mentioned in Classic Rock), followed by Ash Tree Slabs Direct, a nice VS 4b taking a direct route up the slab.

We met up with Mark, an instructor from Scotland, who climbed 3 classic Gimmer routes with a client from Climb 365 .

The weather looks good for the rest of the week, possibly turning cooler but staying dry. Maybe an opportunity to climb winter routes on Ben Nevis and rock routes in the valleys?

Multi Pitch Climbs and Abseiling on Gimmer Crag

Gimmer Crag in the Lakes has many superb climbs and so it was an excellent place, on a warm summers day, to introduce Nik and Carolyn to multi pitch climbing. We climbed 3 routes including; Main Wall (VD) and Ash Tree Slabs (VD+, in Clasic Rock) before abseiling down off the ledge. Then it was a walk down the hill to a well earn't pint in the climbers bar at the Old Dungeon Ghyll hotel.