You can see from my last blog what my first climbs were, i climbed them only two or three months after i started climbing, My 6th outdoor route was a HVS which i top-roped once first because i was a little bit unsure if i was capable, after this climb i very quickly gained a list of onsighted HVS's, alot of which were solo's my current max grade is HVS 5b but,not to sound big-headed,i am probably capable of E1/E2 onsight and a worked E3 possibly a bold E4, who knows.The summer has brought poor friction to my trusted gritstone crags, so i've climbed a couple of times on Limestone this summer, the first time i onsighted f6a,f6a+ and a f6b after a 8 mile walk :(. I've also had one day where i worked 'Cairn' (f7a/f7a+) for an hour, i worked the moves from a ground up style, so no pre placed clips or toproping, i managed to get to the top wth 2 rests so i'll be going back soon to finish it. Below i've put a list together which appears on my UKC profile, it shows what i want to achive by the very end of this year.
GOALS FOR THE END OF 2008*
- Lead onsight E1-3 (on grit)...............(HVS 5b now)
- work then lead E3/4 (on grit)............ (toproped The Stranlger E4 5c once)
- solo onsight E1/2 (on grit).................... (HVS 5b now)
- boulder(worked) V4/5 (on grit)........ (only V3 now)
- redpoint f7a/7a+ (limestone)........... (nearly done 'Carin' f7a/f7a+ (1 hour of working)
- onsight f6c (limestone)..................... (only f6b now)
- onsight lead f7a/f7a+ (indoors)........(f6c+ now)
- work then lead f7b (indoors).............(f7a+ now)
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