Taking advantage of a great sunny day, Davie and Jack headed off to Slipstone for some bouldering and perhaps some solo routes on the easier stuff.
We started off round the corner from 'Shine on' a VDiff that is achieved by a sustained layback. The route we chose was 'Groove on' in the guide book as a HD or Hard Difficult.
Probably just as well, because we had no gear and no rope with us - this was, after all, a bouldering trip.
We did have our stickies though and the mat so we got stuck in and made short work of Groove on before moving round to a face with a good size horizontal crack to practice traverses.
After falling off this a coupe of times, we decided to have a look at some easy routes and ended up at our winter favourite 'Mantelshelf Crack' a VDiff. We struggled with this in the winter and it looked much easier in the sunlight, however, it would still be good to protect the climb as there is a very polished slab to negotiate, so I decided that discretion was the better part of valour.
However, next door is the straightforward 'Staircase' (name's a giveaway) a moderate that Rich led back back in January and I thought I'd have a crack at it without the gear.
At least now I can put it in the logbook... as a solo...
A good day out, great fun and the rock was ace.
Missed the rope though...
Davie
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