simonty's blog

Well at last I have the chance to goto the Roaches this Sunday with someone off the british version of yourclimbing.com
So hopefully the weather will stay beautiful(it has forecast sun,sun,sun hot too) & i will try to take as many great photos of the venue as possible(allready one of "sloth" in my profile) for all you guys.
Gritstone a very unusual rock to climb on until you get used to the friction you can generate loved by Lisa Rands may even try some of the boulder problems their though alot lower grade than what she does.

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Well yesterday was one of those days that was glad to be over though todays hangover is starting to kick in so wish it had ended sooner.What should have been a brilliant day with friends training for my trip to Spain in oct with me aiming to do my hardest trad leads and seconding turned into a nightmare when a friend had a bad fall.

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Have any of you guys had lucky escapes near misses?

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Well its the weekend & im off tomorrow and its given fine for the weather forecast yippee.
So will be making up for lost time could this be the start of summer I hope so not to hot to climb perfect.
Heading out tonight bouldering to try out my new pad certainly looks the business hardly fits in my car too nice a day to spend the evening in a bar well may have a pint on the way home!
So tomorrow im off with a mate i met at the wall to do some nice lakeland trad routes in a beautiful little valley great routes 15min walk from the car and a super pub to end the day off.

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Hi Guys & Girls
Well it looks like another damp weekend in the UK,if any of you have seen the news most of the country is underwater or soon will be!Thinking of selling my cam collection on ebay and buying a canadian canoe.Only joking though i do fancy a canoe for none climbing days.
To think I went to Spain in Feb to get in shape for a hard summers climbing now summer is here its wet.

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Hi
Thanks to everyone who commented on my paintngs has inspired me to do alot more think i basically got a bit lazy and needed my artistic arse kicking.But im back on form now "The Ogre" Baintha Brakk was my first ever major peak painted from outside the UK so am quite pleased with it will have to tell you guys how much it hopefully raises for CaNepal on the lecture night.
Now all i need to worry about is the lecture selling out,tickets have been going well and it gives me the excuse of visiting local climbing walls shops etc with fliers.

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