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Ok, so spring is still a long way off but does anyone fancy a forum mission to Portland again in March or April(or later depending on weather)? Portland has more than enough to keep to bouldering/dws mob on here amused along with the tons of sport climbing for me, Liz and some mates of ours who might be keen.
It's a cheap holiday, piece of piss to get to from London and can easily be done as a long weekend.We're gonna be going on lots of climbing trips next year but Portland is the easiest place for everyone to have a laugh regardless of ability or climbing tastes. I really want to climb the Pregnant Pause arete but shat myself last time I tried it so having a baying mob of forumengers to shout me up it would be nice...
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As it's such a long way off treat this as nothing more than interest, but I could be up for that. I only boulder, no ropes and no belaying but I've got my own mat and can shout encouragement as well as the next man. Allez!
I also prefer hot chocolate / coffee / rum/ pick your poison to climbing so am a first rate climbing buddy.
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No rope and no belaying is fine. I tend to fall off violently and at random. Liz seems to be an expert in keeping me off the deck/letting me fall far enough not to rip out my gear so feel uneasy with other people(except Farid(Fred) on here- amazing belayer!) holding my rope. My outdoor bouldering experience is minimal but there's a few things on Portland I tried years ago I'd like to revisit. Someone with a mat would also be handy as there's some sport routes where the first bolt is pretty damn high.
Encouragement/heckling helps me as I feel it justifies the amount I swear whilst climbing.Someone keeping the kettle going is always a welcome thing on chilly climbing days! Will e sure to pack the Trangia and coffee pot.
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I lived in Munich for the first 6 months of the year, and boulderwelt is a sight to behold for shear size/amount of problems/how many people can squeeze in there. Luckily they're building another one soon so should ease the overcrowding.
Thalkirchen is an amazing place for rope climbing with massive indoor and outdoor sections, and has decent enough bouldering bit.
Am up for a climbing trip next year, and up for trying some rope climbing at the castle at some point @edmundro if you have a weekend day free.
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Any climbing shoes will fold up nicely when they're broken in/nearly buggered...
Laner - what are you up to this saturday morning? Liz has a personal training session at the Castle at 9am so I was gonna go for a spot of bouldering or just hit the gym machines but if you fancy a go I've got a spare harness you're welcome to borrow for the morning. Can teach you to belay in about 5mins then we can just get stuck in on some routes.
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Carry on climbing with ganglion cyst, they come and go but you should keep climbing in order to retain strength and mobility in the joint. I have one...sometimes, and that's the advice I got from my GP.
If anything the worst thing for mine has been rough terrain/touring on a bike set-up that wasn't ideal + climbing. It got bigger and bigger, grossing out my friends, then I was doing a dance job and it burst creeping under the skin, was reabsorbed in a matter of hours. Now it's back, I sought GP's advice recently and am sticking to it. You can get them drained so as not to offend dinner guest when passing the salt.
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Any-one heading to the castle later today?
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I don't really know of any devices that are specific to small belayer - heavy climber as it's mostly down to technique and the situation. I don't like high friction devices(ones with 'v' grooves as they tend to be too grabby for my tastes.
If in doubt use a ground anchor for the belayer if it's safer to do so. There's nothing wrong with the belayer coming off the ground safely imho..
Too much friction and a sharp lock off could be more likely to pull the belayer/potentially compromise the protection. Read up on belaying skills more.....Not prepared to post as I wasn't planning on asking for any money/was hoping to just hand them over while out and about.
Lots of cheap belay devices available new or used on eBay. Only buy used if you have the ability to inspect or a mate who's a loler inspector to do it for you.... -
L to R back row:
Bull rope bucket
Karrimor Alpiniste 65l - trad pack
Karrimor Hot 30l - sport pack
Marmot Kompressor 15l - indoor packRopes and such:
Black Marlow static 20m
White Marlow static 5m
Mammut single 70m
Mammut el cap helmet
White Marlow static 10m
Mammut single 50m
Mammut trad pair 50m
Shitloads of slings and cord tat
Petzl Caldris harness - trad and sport
Petzl Mercury harness - indoorHardware:
Cams from 6 to micros misc BD, Wild Country, DMM and Alien
Wild Country chocks
BD stoppers and DMM offset nuts
Belay devices from unsprung stitcht plates to grigri and lots inbetween.
Handful of locking krabs and lots of DMM non-locking
Nuff quickdrawsIt's a lot I guess but cos of work I get a good price on all petzl and DMM and I can claim the vat back on all of it. That and I like being able to grab the right bag for whatever climbing we're off to do each weekend. Would be really unpleasant and completely pointless to carry it all!!!
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