Fairhead with a Hangover (Again) |
| Date: 29th April 2007 Submitted by: Anthony Feeney George and I made a last minute decision to go to Fairhead on Sunday having originally decided on a no-climbing weekend. It was almost 1pm by the time we were abbing off the scary Fairhead edge and we lost more time when we realised we'd both come down with no climbing rope! We met Calvin Torrans and his female partner but apart from them Fairhead was unusally quiet for such good weather. While they talked about putting up E3s and that, George and I let the Colm Cillers down slightly by talking in the HVS range. Anyway we went on to do The Fence VS 4c, Good Morning Judge HVS 5a and Stone Mad HVS 5a. I was a bit shaky seconding all 3 (birthday party and Tequila the night before) and really gave myself the heebie jeebies on the cruxes of the HVSs. But both times I gave myself a stern talking to, got scolded by George for even thinking of exiting left off the Judge crux, studied the problems and eventually went for it and felt all the better for having done it. More head games. The sun was hot enough to require cream and George produced a bottle of white gunk that was thick enough to cause vitamin D deficiency / rickets in anyone who used it liberally. We bumped into Ciaran <something> on the way home, shunting up a HVS, with the most bombproof looking anchors I've seen in a while. A grand day out but the arms are feeling it today. Roll on the ClimbFest! |
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