Torwood - More Woodland blocs II

Another Prow, 6a+

Kneecap, 6b

 

Torwood - Reeky Roof

• Fantavision, sit-start, 6a
• Reeky Roof, sit-start, 6c
• Lode Runner, 6b+
• Mr Proper, 7b

Torwood - Fantavision

Torwood - More Woodland blocs

• Lippy, sit-start, 6b
• Nosy, sit-start, 6b

(no crash-pad required)

 The 'woodland blocs' cluster

Tappoch hillside view after the felling

Torwood - Tappoch forest blocs

 

• Balaclava, sit-start, 5+
• Lokum, sit-start, 4
• Baklava, sit-start, 4

• Balaclava, sit-start, 5+

• Smurf's arête, sit-start, 4+
• Big Blue, sit-start, 6a

Torwood - Tappoch crags III

• The quarrel, Sit-Start, 6a (eliminate the jugsof tweedledum)
• Tweedledee, Sit-Start, 4
• Tweedledum, Sit-Start, 5

In the absence of light, Sit-start, 7b

 

Torwood - Tappoch Crags II

 

• Wee Problem, 4
• Take a shelfie, 5+
• Aoife's ramp, 4

Torwood - Tappoch Crags

 

• L-R Top Trav, 5
• Lefty, 4+
• Lionel Reachy, 5
• When I grow up, 6a
• Beside the point, 5

Gleann na Muice Beag - Fisherfield Forest (AKA the Great Wildderness)

 Climbed this on my way back from a' Maighdean - grades are a pure guess, I was exhausted and it is was very warm.

That boulder seats directly next to the path in the middle of the Gleann na Muice beag (Valley of the Little Pig).

Naf Naf, 6a

The big bad wolf, 6c

Ravelston VI

Thoughts of Death, SS, 6b

Ravelston V

 

• Midge's Belly, 5+
• Mojo Dojo Casa House, 4
• I am Kenough, 5+ (big shelf is out)
• I am Kenough, sit-start, 6a+
• He's Just Allan, 6c+
• He's Just Allan, sit-start, 7a

Ravelston IV

 

Troll, Sit-Start, 6a+ (Eliminate all the jugs on the left arete, finish standing above the lip)

I am Kenough, Sit-start, 6a+ 

He's just Allan, dyno, 6c+

Ravelston III

 Plastic Duck - update

• Le Canard Déchaîné, 6c
• Taking off, SS, 6a+ dyno

Snowflake Traverse eliminate, SS, 6a+

Bouldering in Ravelston II

Firestarter - Dancer in the Dark (6b+?)

North Quarry

 A nice wee problem in the quarry, SS, 6a 

North Crags (facing Ravelston park)

• Rock-over, SS, 4+
• Black Mirror wall traverse, 4

• The Best Lip in Edinburgh, 5+
• Liposuction, SS, 6a 
• Labia, SS, 6a

In the absence of light - Torwood (Tappoch Blocks)

In the absence of light, 7b?

Torwood - Tappoch Roofs - Bird Brain Roof

 

Bird Brain Roof is the smaller roof just before Reeky Roof.

Bird Brain Traverse, 6b. Traverse the entire lip of the roof from the left side corner, all the way to finish with an easy mantle at the extreme right hand side. 

Bird Brain, 6b. Crouch start at the back of the roof. Move to good holds in the roof to reach the lip. Then traverse rightwards as per Bird Brain Traverse.

 

Tit, 6a. Bird Brain Roof right hand side –crouch start at the back of the roof both hands on the pilar looking feature. Make awkward moves left to good holds in the roof, then to good holds on the lip. Mantle to top out.

 

Wren, 7a. Bird Brain Roof right hand side –crouch start at the back of the roof both hands on the pilar looking feature. Dyno to the lip then mantle to top out.

 

Chaffinch, 6b. Bird Brain Roof right hand side - Can be done statically if you are tall. Crouch start on the thin undercling edge slightly right to the pilar feature. Launch to the lip, then mantle a top out.

Hummell Rocks (Gullane) - Get Lucky link

 

Get Lucky - Sit-start as per 'Dumb Luck' but instead of going up, continue to traverse on poorer holds to reach the lip of the 'Mini-roof'. Follow that line rightwards to bridge back to Neanderthal and climb down easily to finish. 6b-ish?

Bouldering near Crichton Castle

Pyramid - The right hand side and arête of the obvious pyramidal block in the left hand side of the upper quarry. 4+

Cheops (eliminate) - Climb the obvious arête in the left hand side of the upper quarry. Eliminate any holds on the sides. 5+

Follow the line - Traverse R-L along a ledge from a groove to the left of Griby's shelf. Reach up for a high edge in the middle, match and then drop back on small edges to finish in the far corner. 4+

Bouldering near Crichton Castle

 

Hummell Rocks - Gullane Bouldering update VI

 

Àrd-ealain (crimp variation) , 7a 

Joey the lips, 6a

 The sand level has slightly dropped again since the picture above was taken. So here are the revised grades revised as of April 2022

• Green: An t-sliseag, 6b
• Red: Shit-Start, 6b
• Blue: Àrd-ealain, 7a
• Purple: Overhang Lip Traverse, 6b at the moment.