It is Dumbuck Just around the road from me.
Fear of heights is good, fear of the ground is healthier though.
I admit its out of my technical ability, not that that will stop me, The pitch isn't going anywhere, no matter how many attempts I fail it cant escape
I've been to Aucinstarry a really good day out to be had there, anything over E2 kicks my ass though, but I never really had the drive nor inclination to really go to town.
Similarly with some of the pitches in Ratho and my old haunt up the cobbler (the rock conditions at Arrochar have gone downhill though, every old pitch I used to climb is all crumbly and fairly dangerous now... maybe it always was and i was just too young and stupid to care though)
I'm planning Happiness in slavery and possibly Devastation generation if happiness works to plan this year and next year hoping to tackle the castle's Rhapsody route, not all that confident about training for an E11 climb though, but its a local route I've always drooled over thinking "one day."
Been training flat out for happiness though so if I can continue to keep up the pace till next summer and spend the winter abusing finger/peg and campus boards I might actually stand a chance.
This is coming from a fatass 16.5st lump of shit at the beginning of the year though. Just hit my goal of 12st in April however, so like I said I've been hitting the training hard, 4hrs on average per day.
@ RedSpider.
You can walk up to the top RedSpider, its a quarry face, means I can check the bolt condition before asking any of them to support my weight + gravity force from a fall.
Think of most climbing like a multi storey building where you can either take the lift or tackle the stairs. Getting to the top of things is always easy, getting to the top via a specific route... not so much.
Its far more interesting to ascend though
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