Wimberry

Day one of Grit Fest 08 started with worry and doubt. Large quantities of snow had been forecast and were indeed deposited over the yorkshire dales. With not a little trepidation I picked a surprisingly fresh and psyched Peter Phillips up from the the home of the 'Glengarry Measure'. We passed the lowland chuffing paradise of Mount Loudoun and made our way south, taking in as many eye witness weather reports as possible. It sounded like the west would be best so we headed to Wimberry rocks, a quality circuit based on proper boulders. Unfortunately, it had been snowing here too and it faces north. The circuit was off but we did find some nice problems that were unaffected to pass the afternoon with. 

Warming up on the sugarloaf boulder, Andy and I sent a nice blunt arete at V3/6a+. Moving to the Sloping Top Boulder, Pete and Andy got stuck into Fat Slapper V4/6b+ but only Andy managed to sort the top out. We all got the nice V2 groove next to it and I was pleased to on-sight it. Getting excited for the main event, we went to see if Fish Arete was dry. No such luck. However, I spotted a nice looking sitter starting from a positive sidepull and moving to slopers and a top out. The boys got it fairly quickly so I thought I'd have a go. I found the second sloper really hard so I dynoed to the jug, holding the swing on my third attempt - V4/6b+

It was a shame that we couldn't get fired right in but I was glad to have some skin for the following day. That was three days on after all.