Sarah styling up the first pitch of Scratch Arete..
...and protecting the crux move through the bulge. The climber to the left is on the crack pitch of Scratch.
And again on the second pitch of Scratch.
The day before, we had been on Craig Bwlch y Moch and climbed Sheer Khan Right Hand (I think), Rienetta and Y Broga.
We also messed about practising assisted hoists, unassisted hoists (with a deadweight casualty), passing-the-knot on abseils and lowers, prussiking, rope bombs (yowzah!), avoiding disturbed foliage aka falling trees and learning the meaning of 'entertaining' in the context of polished 5a crack climbing.
...and protecting the crux move through the bulge. The climber to the left is on the crack pitch of Scratch.
And again on the second pitch of Scratch.
The day before, we had been on Craig Bwlch y Moch and climbed Sheer Khan Right Hand (I think), Rienetta and Y Broga.
We also messed about practising assisted hoists, unassisted hoists (with a deadweight casualty), passing-the-knot on abseils and lowers, prussiking, rope bombs (yowzah!), avoiding disturbed foliage aka falling trees and learning the meaning of 'entertaining' in the context of polished 5a crack climbing.
