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 Pinnacle Rock were probably better suited to cowbells than cams, but the flake imaginativly named "Route 3" was the other way round.

Climber starting up a dark, jagged, crack on graffitied rock. Happy climber looking up, having reached the top of a cliff Climber, with a harness loaded with gear, ties into the rope in preparation for a climb. closeup of a climber with fingerless gloves, looking a bit cold, with slings in the background securing them.