Lead Climbing Course Lake District
Out on the Borrowdale crags with a couple of local friends today. We had in mind to climb a few classics with me leading, but this changed after a chat on the journey North. Erja would get back on the sharp end of the rope and take the lead whilst I helped out as and when needed by being on a fixed rope nearby.
Our chosen route, 'Brown Slabs' is a 'diff' but due to the amount of traffic it's quite worn and a bit slippery, making it feel more difficult than the grade suggests.
The aim of this session was to improve gear placements to help keep the lead climber safe. Erja placed plenty of protection and with a little advice every piece became excellent, as Jen will testify (much of it was difficult to remove)!
With rain imminent we decided against another route, this turned out to be a good call, the heavens opened in a big way soon after leaving the crag!!
Fantastic leading Erja, well done.
And thanks to both Jen & Erja, a grand afternoon.
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​Mark
