Langstrath & Duddon Action

Written by LakesBloc Tuesday, 03 April 2007 00:00

Another great weekend of unusually sunny spring time Lake District weather lead to more development at the back in vogue Langstrath boulders and a new esoteric circuit in the Duddon valley.

In Langstrath, and following up on his recent addition of Eastern Empire, Greg Chapman added a number of new problems. On the Austria boulder a fine new lip traverse was incorporated, The Fury (7b+/V8) starts from sitting at the boulders lowest point and trends rightward along the lip to eventually finish up the right hand prow/arête. Greg also climbed the left arête (just left of No Pain No Gain) from sitting with two variation finishes, straight up the arête to the finish is 7b/V8, and sneaking off out right at two thirds height is 7a/V6, if this hasn't been climbed before Greg offered the name Tune a Fish. Finally, Mr. C added a neat 7a/V6 up the short wall between Eastern Empire and Tune a Fish , which links into the highball arête.

Over on the west side of Cumbria a pair of daring individuals broke new ground in their search for more esoteric brilliance with the working out of the "Seathwaite Bouldering Circuit". Despite the esoteric nature of this circuit the blocks are set in beautiful situations and many are only 15 minutes walk from the parking, so possibly worth a visit if you're staying in the valley for a few days and get bored with Wallowbarrow?