Lead Climbing day 2 at Stanage Edge...

Matt, Perry and I were at Stanage Popular End today for the second of two days Lead Climbing.

Having put the ground work in yesterday Matt and Perry again made fast progress choosing and leading routes independently. This was a great opportunity to pick varied routes with various styles of climbing in the Diff-Hard Severe range.

It's been quite breezy on the eastern edges over the last few days keeping the midges at bay. The unsettled British weather looks set to continue for a while yet, due in part to the position of the jet stream. I remember a similar summer like this in perhaps 1999 (although I could be wrong), with a correspondingly early winter. Andy Lole and myself climbed 'Savage Slit' and 'The Message' in the northern Cairngorms in full winter conditions on the 24 October! Maybe we are going to be in for a good winter!............