New Development Coming Soon
Work has started on the newly discovered Crag X3. Dave has visited the quarry twice recently. The quarry is formed from sandstone of the Brithdir Beds, which is very hard and massively bedded, meaning it contains very few horizontal breaks. Two bolt lines (a crack line and a chimney) have already been placed (estimated Fr. 5c) and gardening has revealed the potential for at least four more routes, upto Fr. 6c, upto a maximum height of 80ft.
The quarry is still in a very dangerous state with television-size boulders still coming off with little more than a light touch, and consequently were keeping the location a secret until these have been dealt with.
We'll keep you updated.
Friday, 26 September 2008
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Spiderman Open for Business
As work progresses at X1, the impressive Spiderman overhang is finally open for business! This has got to be one of the most formidable overhangs in South Wales and would challenge the more stalwart amongst us.
Any takers?
Tuesday, 22 April 2008
Progress at the New Quarry
Dave and I have been toiling effortlessly to get the new quarry bolted ready for the summer. We had placed 3 routes (Fliddington Rex, Big Bad Baboon and Uluru) when Dave decided to lean on a wall and bend his finger at a rather inhuman angle! This along with bad weather has hampered us throughout April but finally we have some gorgeous evenings and the bolts are flying up. We have enlisted the aid of the legend that is Roy Thomas and there are now around 20 routes on the lower tier alone. This is going to be a great focus point for climbers in South Wales this summer!
Sunday, 6 April 2008
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