Wednesday, March 03, 2021

Pot Hole climbing

Crag: Pot Hole Quarry
Routes: Unaided (VS 4b:sec), Treffynon (VS 4b:sec), Grizzly (HVS 5a:sec)
As with races, climbing has been completely obliterated by Covid. In fact, I haven't climbed properly since summer 2019. I did an easy mountaineering route in Spain, but it is just one of those things that had to be sacrificed last year - any limited freedom meant that just being in the hills was a relief. This was certainly not a return to climbing - just a brief top-roping session at a venue I've been visiting for well over 30 years. No finger/arm strength and battered old shoes (my new ones were stolen in Bergamo) made life predictably difficult, but it was great to be back even if only in the most limited way imaginable. 

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