Gritstone climbing..

Peter and myself visited Froggatt Edge today to climb some classic routes on Gritstone. During our day long session at the crag, we took the time to look at some of the specific techniques for routes of this type.

Concentrating on sound footwork, smearing and the dark art of jamming we made fast progress through the grades, climbing: 'Gamma' (VD), 'Sickle Wall' (VD), 'Heather Crack' (S), 'Green Gut' (HS) and 'Allen's Slab (S).

The crag was fairly busy despite overnight rain. Dan and John were out and about making light work of many of the hard slab routes such as 'Great Slab' (E3).

The weather looks set to be fine on Saturday for Edale Mountain Rescue Team's Nine Edges Challenge...