Tropicana saga

Spent this evening at church quarry again.
Myself and Ed both sent tropicana allergy (sans hold) and it turns out when tom did the line originally, he didn't use the missing crimp anyway.

also tried the extended version of the traverse, and a couple of other up possibilities, so more projects added to the list, watch this space......

Church quarry vid

Video from last post.

Church Quarry from grady on Vimeo.

Church Quarry

This week I finally made it to church quarry, and I cant believe what I've been missing out on.

The rock is pretty solid (as far as sandstone goes) and the features/steepness of the wall make for some really cool problems.

First up I did Utopia, a three-move V6 crack line, which was cool, then I did Sunflower, a one-move V5/6, where you dyno from a slopey crimp and gnarley v-slot to a sloping pocket.

After a bit of digging away at the base of Sunflower, I cleaned and sent "Boots mean Bodies" a V7-ish sit start extension to sunflower.

Next I turned my attention to Tropicana Allergy, a wicked traverse line between the jugs on Utopia and Nebuliser. After working out the final move I went for the send on film, after latching the finishing hold I went to review the footage, only to find that the camera had run out of memory just as I reached the last hold. Wanting some good film, I attempted to repeat the line, but ended up pulling of a pretty key crimp, making the big reach even bigger.

I eventually managed to make the move, but for the moment the line remains unclimbed in its current state.

Getting ready to pop to the pocket on boots