Introduction to Outdoor Climbing 17th June

On Saturday Roz, Sarah and Naomi joined us for a day of rock climbing on the gritstone edges of the Peak District. We spent the day at the Popular End of Stanage Edge where we started with the classic Leaning Buttress Crack (VDiff). After a quick team ascent of this we headed right to climb Anatomy (VDiff) and Sociology (Severe). We did an abseil after lunch and then headed abit further east to climb in the Plate Glass area. We climbed Plate Glass Slab (VS), Ground Glass (VS), Small Crack (Diff) and finished with Nicheless Climb (S). Amongst all this we also found time to look at bottom-roping, top-roping, coiling climbing ropes, and belaying a leader.