Trad climbing in Symonds Yat on the 10th and 11th August, that was the plan, and we (the two Alex’s, Simon, his son Leo and Mona) did it! A little bit. Plus a lot of mud sliding, getting rained and thundered at while sitting on a pitch and spending the night on an indecorous expensive camp site.
Highs:
Alex M losing his Trad Virginity on Golden Fleece (HS).
Leo being a very grown up teenager, not moaning once about the waiting and the wet, and the weirdos he spent the weekend with
Mona buying a beauty of a cam and using it on a finally gracefully sent VS called Offspring
Simon sent The Grobbler (VS) first thing after arrival, and Alex S lead the Peacock with its awkward overhanging start and pretty poor protection just before the rain put an end to the fun.
Lows:
It rained too much so we didn’t get to climb the pinnacle!
