Summer bouldering

Harry on Tom's Traverse (V4 6a) 26.06.2011



Mike on Problem 69 (javu) (V0 5b)
26.06.2011



Yesterday went to Bonehill for a spot of bouldering. I'm not that big on bouldering, but it was a lovely sunny day and was just nice to get outside. Most of the time was spent with us coweing away in the shade, but we spent a generous amount of time in the sun, all of us getting a little burnt by it. Ross and Harry tried to climb The Wave (V6 6c), but the rock was just too slippery to be able to get hold of the starting holds! Chris and I meanwhile tried Rippled Wall (V4 6b***), but could only just make it off the ground, which, for a first attempt at it wasn't too bad, I feel. I was also convinced to try the slightly burly problem, Tom's Traverse (V4 6a), but although I found I could do each individual move, stringing them together seemed a little bit harder. Eventually, Harry, Ross and Chris decided to head back off, whereas I decided to stick around and keep climbing with Mike and his friend when they arrived. We climbed the problems at the Warm Up Slab and Baby Slab, but otherwise we were quite content just to chill out and wander around for a while before packing up and heading back to Exeter. Mike finally stuck the dyno at Greg's Dyno (V3 6a), but decided that topping out on it didn't seem particularly nice, and so just jumped back down.