Longsleddale Action

Written by Greg Chapman Sunday, 22 May 2011 11:05

John Kettle reports a couple of possible new additions to the Settle Earth bouldering circuit, in Longsleddale, as well as some general feedback on the venue.

First up, John climbed problem 14 (marked as a project on the topo) from a sitter at 6b/V3. More notably, he then went on to climb the hanging groove of problem 22, from sitting matched on the big jug (also marked as a project), to leave Birdsong, a quality looking 6c/V4, apparently worthy of a couple of stars.

Right: John Kettle comes to the boil as he cruises up his new problem, Birdsong 6c/V4.

John went on to say: “Overall this is a nice venue for the low-grade circuiteer that is permanently bracken-free and the rock keeps itself very clean, no brushing required. In reference to the LakesBloc topo; I reckon problems 3 and 4 (Splitter and Critter) should lose a star each as the rock is pretty shattered on both, problem 17 (Prowed and Prejudiced) is the crag classic and possibly worth three stars, but maybe V0 5a rather than V1 5c?”