The Shuck's Lair

Written by LakesBloc Monday, 14 May 2007 00:00

A couple of weeks back Tom Dixon was wandering map and topo-less through the woods around Fairy Steps in what turned out to be a vain attempt to find the main crag. During his trek he inadvertently came across a previously unrecorded buttress on the western edge of Underlaid Wood. Over the previous weekend this small but perfectly formed buttress had some of its more obvious lines cleaned and climbed, the best of the lines include - The Cappel 7b+/V8, The Bogle Realm 7a+/V7 and Casimir Effect 7b/V8 (F.A.'s Greg Chapman). The buttress is named - The Shuck's Lair - in reference to the demon dogs (base of the linked page) which legend tells roam these hillsides during dusk and dawn.

Image right: The Cappel 7b+/V8.