Craigmore with Peter

Took Pete for a tour of my new favorite Glasgow venue. It looks as though the midge season is about to start and Craigmore will be out of bounds for evening sending. Pretty gutted as I'm just starting to get into it. Started on the warm ups and Pete made quick work of Totem and Harmless. I was keen to try Jolly Green Dragon - 6b+ again and was confident that I would get it. Pete thought he could flash it and to be fair he came close. He got it within half a dozen goes. I was really close this time, going for it static rather than dynamic. I'm devastated but that open right hand is weak for me. I'll just have to go again tomorrow. We moved on to try one of the crag classics, Wide-Eyed - 6c. I have tried and failed on this problem for five years now. I didn't try it last week because as Pete says - I'm a fanny. However, this time, it was my turn to get a problem within half a dozen goes. I was psyched!!! Pete had it in the bag but got scared at the top and dropped off rather than manned up. A shame because he had it. We went to try Terror Right Hand - 6b but there is a pair of Kestrels nesting on top so we left it alone and got some shit banter about the mat from some old top-rope bumblies. I may be a bumbly but falling off VS on the top-rope is inexcusable. The next crag classic is Wizard Arete - 6c. The midges were giving it the Billy Big Time by now so we only got a few goes. It feels harder than Wide-Eyed and the holds were really sweaty. I think it will go though. Just not sure how many more vsits we will get in this summer. 

Big shout out to the Hebsonic Boom. The shit venue raider is ticking projects left, right and centre. Lets see if he can climb Pongo!