A day on the grit.
Derry Hamilton - 23/03/2012
The first photo is of our objective for the day, Valkyrie, at The Roaches. Looking forward and back. These are taken at the top of pitch 1, stood on the V shaped block in the top right of the first photo. Both our photos make it look like a quick scramble, but Tor's about to head...
Going all traditional again.
Derry Hamilton - 11/02/2012
Tor and I had intended that this winter would be one of ice climbing, but an unusually warm winter and difficulty getting up north means that the first outdoor event of the winter season was rock climbing at Blackford Quarry, in february! (Still warmer than Ratho untill the sun went down!) The cracks on...
TCA Glasgow
Derry Hamilton - 28/01/2012
Several of us decided to take a look at TCA Glasgow, the new bouldering place. The original TCA in bristol is well regarded, and the Glasgow one is getting off to a strong start and has the potential to be the best indoor bouldering venue in Scotland. There's loads of well used space, and...
Blown off The Ben
Derry Hamilton - 31/12/2011
T and I had headed up to Fort William with the intention of doing the CMD arete, but in the end, the weather proved unsuitable for anything as Grandson-of-Bawbag was trying to take down even more trees and remove all the snow. So we headed to The Ice Factor for some indoor snow. I was somewhat...
Repairing a Watson FC-130
Derry Hamilton - 24/11/2011
There's a range of relatively inexpensive frequency counters, badge engineered by various companies; Watson, MFJ, Optoelectronics, etc. that appear to share a lot of common design. (I suspect that the only thing that changes is the front panel, and the switches installed.) At least, the Watson FC-130, and the Optoelectronics Scout 40 seem to share...