Ω So, while 43171 was dying a slow death and the genesis of our new home was but a twinkle in JP’s eye there was still plenty of bouldering going on. As part of an ongoing quest in pursuit of increased efficiency I thought I’d test run the new blog while at the same time reporting on some of the recent action from Castle Hill Basin. Are you in?
There has been some most excellent girl power on display lately. Can I use that term without sounding condescending or patronising? I sure hope so. Rachel Musgrave climbed her first V8, the Quantum Field shadowpiece Anthrax. Nice work Rach. It was also climbed by visiting American yummy mummy Carrie Cooper on her very last day at Castle Hill. She said it was the scariest thing she’d ever done, which is a shame, if we’d known that sort of information earlier we would have put her on some other things while she was around. Zac Orme (who shall henceforth be referred to as ZacAtak™) flashed this problem. He’s pretty flash though and we expect that kind of thing from him.
In fact, he’s flash enough to get the second ascent of Minnesota Fats V10. Minnesota Fats is a heretofore unrepeated Derek Thatcher problem smack in the middle of Quantum Field. It is big, it is hard, it is a unique set of moves, in short, its excellent. ZacAtak™ was buoyed by the presence of an enormous gymnastics-style crash pad courtesy of Tools Of The Adventure. On the same day ZacAtak™ climbed The Outcast and The Joker, both V9. Huh.
Most recently there was a flurry of activity at Wuthering Heights yesterday involving the establishment of no less than six new problems. Perhaps the best of these was a sit start put up by Matt (Everhard) Evrard which he called Captain Weenie. It is on the small boulder close to Gogo Yubari. Matt is pretty old school, but he’s not so old school he won’t sink to the level of doing sit starts. However, he’s not new school enough to know that all the ‘captain’ problems are at Flock Hill. I guess he hasn’t seen Kill Bill. Still, nice work on beating out the circling jackals and getting the FA. It was repeated in short succession by Derek Thatcher (flash) and Rachel (who got the assist with earlier beta collection). Matt, who has obviously been spending too much time with Derek, suggested this problem was V2. I’d say its more like a six (and everyone knows that what I think is what really matters).
The other new problems were a sit start right next door with some lovely gastons courtesy of first-ascent-machine Derek, the last unclimbed line on the Buffalo Bill boulder now named Jesse James (also by Derek), a dirty crack penetrated only by Kester Brown, a backwards ramp-jump problem in the style of yours truly and fittingly dubbed Fosbury Flop and finally a nice rock over problem by ZacAtak™ on the same over-the-fence boulder as Fosbury Flop (we’ll be back to this boulder soon).
Did I forget anything? Probably.Ω
Gomez
Hey, those little Omega symbols are cool! What do you think of the little graphic at the bottom right of the page? It’s meant to connote the very first Powerband ‘thing’ I produced, namely that crazy poster of Seb, bright blue, on Split Apple traverse. I’m undecided; part of me likes it and part of me thinks it looks gay.
yeah it looks gay.
Oh NOW I get it, I’m not bobo. What about Captain Kirk, that’s at Dry Valley. At this point I’d poke my tounge out but I don’t know how to do that in a written message.
Everyone knows that Dry Valley is just a satellite of Flock Hill. Also, that problem was obviously named by Ivan, who exists outside of normal dimensions.
I don’t mind the bottom right image. It reminds me of this, only less vaginal.
nice one gomez … kind of
I like the hands!
What about now? Running with the ‘coordinate’ blog colour swatch thing?
bring back the groping fingers, i think?
Grope me baby.