Lead Climbing at Birchen Edge..

Pete, John and I visited Birchen Edge today to look at the essential skills for Lead Climbing.

There were a few showers during the day, although the crag was drying quickly in the breeze. We still managed to get plenty of practice in with belays and gear placement ready for some leading tomorrow.

The crag was busy with another team doing their Single Pitch Award (SPA) Training with Pete Stacey, and lots of independant climbing pairs. Between us we climbed 'Emma's Temptation' (VS), 'Camperdown Crawl' (VS), 'Trafalgar Crack' (VD), and 'Fo'c'sle Crack' (S).

Sunday looks like a much better day, with some perfect gritstone conditions forecast..