Nanuls - Feb 2, 2015 1:01 pm - Voted 10/10
Always fancied thisAlways fancied climbing here but never managed to get down there. Absolutely love slabs.
Hope it's as good as its reputed to be.
Bald Eagle - Feb 3, 2015 4:10 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Always fancied thisHey Nanuls a fantastic route, a beautiful area and well worth a visit. Notre Dame and/or Rite of Spring are both great warm up routes before heading up Sacre Coeur as it is super-sustained and as well as a Sacred Heart you need Sacred Calves of steel as well! If you have not already, check out my short video of the route and hopefully it will inspire you to pay Hartland a visit! :-) Cheers Dave
Nanuls - Feb 3, 2015 5:38 am - Voted 10/10
Re: Always fancied thisYes, I watched that - nice stuff.
I imagine the climbing here to be much like that of North Pembroke's Southern Bays, which is mostly this really nice slabby sandstone. I've climbed all of the best known crags there, Porth Clais, Craig Caerfai, Careg-y-Barcud etc, and my gosh some of their routes are hard on the calves!
I've only lead up to E1 there mind, so E2 might take some working up to, particularily as I'm not quite the climber I was when I did those routes.
Thanks for the tips by the way!
Bald Eagle - Feb 4, 2015 7:49 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Always fancied thisNice one Nanuls! I have climbed at all the classic crags you mention in North Pembroke and done a lot of the classics up to around HVS, but have not visited in quite a few years. I intend to put this right this year and pay a visit with a view to filming the super-classic Armorican so may see you at Careg-y-Barcud one day mate! :-)
Cheers Dave
Nanuls - Feb 4, 2015 1:23 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: Always fancied thisArmorican is fantastic, one of my favorite routes ever and one I do every time I visit Craig Caerfai. There's a really nice E1/E2 to it's left called Orogeny, which is well worth doing too.
Probably won't be seeing me there anytime soon though, I'm moving to the Cairngorms at the end of the month. Let me know if you ever make it north of the border, there's plenty to climb up there!
Dan
Bald Eagle - Feb 5, 2015 10:03 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Always fancied thisNice one Dan and good look with the move! You've got to love the Gorms and I managed to climb Savage Slit + Fallout Corner on a flying visit last summer so fill yer boots mate! :-)
Nanuls - Feb 6, 2015 5:17 am - Voted 10/10
Re: Always fancied thisThanks, Dave. I've only ever done winter climbing in Scotland so can't wait to try out the summer stuff. Been spending a lot of time flicking through Classic Rock recently :)
Bald Eagle - Feb 6, 2015 5:47 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Always fancied thisYeah Dan I'm a saddo puerile Classic Rock ticker and have 10 left to do, mostly in Scotland unsurprisingly! Most of them are pretty easy in benign conditions but I reckon my 2 big stoppers are The Chasm on the Buckle and The Long Route on the Ben which I will wait for a good summer drought period before attempting! As you are moving to the Gorms you must do Squareface + Mitre Ridge in Garbhe Choire. I did these in a day yonks ago using a mountain bike for the long 8 mile cycle into the base of the Sneck but it only took 30 minutes to get back to the car park at the end of one of the best mountain days I've had... :-)
Nanuls - Feb 6, 2015 2:08 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: Always fancied thisNice one, I've never really pursued them, though I have done most of the Welsh ones. I'll probably go after all the Scottish ones though and the routes on Beinn a'Bhuird are high on the wishlist!
Bald Eagle - Feb 10, 2015 8:19 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Always fancied thisHappy days and good luck in Garbhe Choire matey! :-)
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