Birchen Edge

Paul Knowles was out at Birchen Edge with Jeremy and David building on many of the skills practiced on Saturday.

It sounds like they had a full day with plenty of climbing, bouldering and skills training, including some leading. All this despite some showers during the day.

Simon and I visited the middle grade sport climbing venue of Giggleswick South, near Settle in North Yorkshire. Unfortunately, a heavy shower stopped play at about mid afternoon. Despite this we climbed a number of routes including the classic 'Black Swan Rising' at F6a+. This is well worth a visit alone, although be careful going for the third bolt, you could deck out if you missed the clip. More details here in the ROCKFAX database.