Climbs

Climb Name Type Grade # Ascents Recorded Notes Exclude Reason
Spots of Time Boulder problem 9A 3

The name is a reference to a poem by William Wordsworth:

There are in our existence spots of time,
That with distinct pre-eminence retain
A renovating virtue, whence, depressed,
By false opinion and contentious thought,
Or aught of heavier or more deadly weight,
In trivial occupations, and the round
Of ordinary intercourse, our minds
Are nourished and invisibly repaired;
A virtue, by which pleasure is enhanced,
That penetrates, enables us to mount
When high, more high, and lifts us up when fallen [3]

References

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHE6FsicWVk

[2] https://www.flickr.com/photos/beastmaker/53188941620/in/photostream/

[3] https://users.scc.spokane.edu/JRoth/Courses/World Masterpieces/POETRYCOMPENDIUM/spots_of_time.htm

Stairway to Heaven Boulder problem 8B 3
Stamina Boys Traverse 8c+ 3
Star Power Boulder problem 8B+ 3
Sufferance Sport route 8a 3
Suicide Wall Trad climb E1 3
Sundial Boulder problem 8A 3
Super Duper Dupont Sport route 7c 3
Super Samson Sport route 8c 3
Symbiosis Trad climb E8 3
Tea Garden Roof Boulder problem 7C 3
Tekuté Štěstí Boulder problem 8C 3
Tempest in a Teapot Boulder problem 8B+ 3
The Aardvark And The Ferret Trad climb E6 3
The Angel's Share Boulder problem 7C 3

Originally climbed without pads at E8. As with other lines on this bloc it utilises a large chipped runnel to get established on the base of the slab.

Originally the line climbed slightly left of where it currently does, utilising a tiny pebble. Tom de Gay:

I believe JD went further left, but there used to be a handy micro-pebble which I unfortunately removed whilst soloing it, with my right hand on the slopey top, to the left of the seam. c.1998 [1]

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/C53smFWt6jZ/?img_index=1

The Antihero Boulder problem 8A+ 3
The Asp Trad climb E3 3
The Axe Trad climb E4 3

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/destinations/my_favourite_route_inigo_atkin_-_the_axe_e4_6a-16218

The Bat Trad climb E2 3
The Big R Sport route 8b+ 3

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