The limestone dales of the Peak saw loads of activity this weekend whilst the gritstoners sweated in the heat. Popular crags in Chee Dale included The Lifts, Rubicon and the Cornice which is seeing loads of action. The annual assault on 'Sardine' (F7b+) and 'Tin Of' (F7b) has begun in ernest at Raven Tor where there's a new generation of strong youths camped for the summer. The heat made gritstone routing difficult and there were notable failures on Quietus (E2 5c) at Stanage. Good commitment though trying to climb an overhanging gritstone jamming crack at the top of your grade on the hottest day of the year. If you wanted gritstone bouldering you needed to find shade and the correct answer was 'Gorilla Warfare' at Curbar which is as shady as it comes. Still steep though!