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crusher
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Santa Monica, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 21, 2006 - 11:20pm PT
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After listening to the hubby talk about (and drool over the prospect of) the U.K. Gritstone for a long, long time, we were finally able to get over there for a couple of days as part of a larger family trip (which included lots of eating, drinking and basically just indulging). Here are some photos (probably too many!) of the beautiful Peak District. We had the pleasure of climbing with and being guided by the extraordinary John Arran (who took us to the classics!), had really nice weather and saw the gorgeous purple heather in bloom. We didn't want to leave and hope to go back...
At Stanage:
My first trad lead!
These are from Froggatt Edge. The pocket with the wire in it is the only pro on this slab!
Super cool arete. Being small I had a good ole time with this reach! Bill had it no problem...
Check out the scenery
"Brown's Eliminate" - double rope lead and awesome climb
The village of Froggatt
What the top looks like (add sheep, purple heather - gorgeous!)
"The Rasp", Higgar Tor
Beautiful scenery looking out from Higgar Tor bouldering to Burbage Edge
...and some limestone at High Tor
Another excellent adventure - the Gravity Bar atop the Guiness brewery, post-tour with stellar views of Dublin. Yeah!
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alasdair
Trad climber
scotland
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Sep 22, 2006 - 12:45am PT
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glad you had a good time, pics aren't working on firefox
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crusher
climber
Santa Monica, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 22, 2006 - 01:14am PT
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How to fix that? They're on Kodak - jpegs. Any idea?
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Curt
Boulder climber
Gilbert, AZ
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Sep 22, 2006 - 01:41am PT
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The pics don't show up using the Safari browser either. Too bad, 'cause I really liked climbing at Froggat and would love to see them.
Curt
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Howie
Trad climber
Calgary, Alberta
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Sep 22, 2006 - 11:50am PT
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Fix the pictures, so I can get my fix from home ground!
Lived in the UK for over 45 years and the Peak for 15 of those years before emigrating to Canada. Great climbing! Great memories!
It used to be said that if you could climb Grit you could climb anything.
Climb safe.
Howie.
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Bart Fay
Social climber
Redlands, CA
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Sep 22, 2006 - 01:49pm PT
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Album Not Found
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crusher
climber
Santa Monica, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 22, 2006 - 11:02pm PT
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I think I've succeeded in fixing the pictures - they're on photobucket now - let me know if they work!
Thanks for the help. : )
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Sep 22, 2006 - 11:06pm PT
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Far Fuchin' Out!
Now this is good Grit-y Cyber Surfin'
I want some 'a that action sumthin' fierce...
Ain't it somehow the birthplace of our whole silly striving escapade?
Thanks Fer Sharing.
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crusher
climber
Santa Monica, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 22, 2006 - 11:19pm PT
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Thank God it worked this time. If I had to load these %^&# things again I was goin' to bed.
Sorry for the duplicate and the one that I can't get to flip right.
Here's the correct top shot for Brown's eliminate:
Some other fun stuff:
John A. soloing "Downhill Racer" at Froggatt (putting the rope up for us wankers):
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Sep 22, 2006 - 11:30pm PT
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HI Crusher,
Using cable conn. with Safari, all images appear... no problem at all... what's the problem. And by the way, thanks loads for your thread and the great images!! Just finished reading Whillans: the Villain by Jim Perrin, great detailed biography, make sure and read it.
best PH
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crusher
climber
Santa Monica, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 22, 2006 - 11:40pm PT
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Thanks for the book suggestion Peter! The problem was I used the Kodak Gallery when I first posted and some people seemed unable to view the pictures so I went back and put everything onto the desktop and then into Photobucket and did an edit. I then wasn't sure how to change the title of the thread to "fixed"...
Tar B - if you've never been you've got to go. Place is amazing. The Grit is amazing. The stuff those guys did back when with no or old fashioned pro is really cool. The scenery and super nice people don't hurt either.
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BV
Trad climber
Reno
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Sep 23, 2006 - 12:34am PT
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Ahh, I remember my trip to the grit not so long ago. Looks like you had fun!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Sep 23, 2006 - 12:19pm PT
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Definitely want to go grit.
Plus, really good Scotch sometimes shows notes of heather.
Though I never met him,
John Arran made his mark out here:
He went soloing by a good friend of mine on his way up the Naked Edge.
'Good to know he still has the majik!
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Sep 23, 2006 - 11:31pm PT
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Crusher, you know how I am.
Nice pix but when does the sun come out?
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Phil_B
Social climber
Hercules, CA
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Sep 24, 2006 - 12:05pm PT
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Way cool!
Thanks for posting.
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crusher
climber
Santa Monica, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 24, 2006 - 12:24pm PT
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Ron,
It went in and out - our day at Stanage saw more clouds than sun and it rained hard on us at the end of the day. Luckily on the other days it was mostly sunny, nice puffy clouds, some wind. Not what we're used to being in SoCal but it makes for some awesome green scenery!
The good news about the gritstone is it dries really fast after the rain.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
St. Louis
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Sep 24, 2006 - 05:31pm PT
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Cool looking rock. Thanks for the trip report. In my opinion, there can never be too many photos!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Nov 13, 2008 - 03:15pm PT
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bump!
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Nov 13, 2008 - 03:52pm PT
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oh wow, great bump. Did I miss this the first time around? That or memory is flailing as bad as my wide skills.
Grieat Grit
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