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Wednesday, May 07, 2014

St Bride's Wall 

Feedback welcome on this accessible but obscure little venue ... Labels: Bouldering, bouldering Scotland, climbing Scotland, St Brides Pierre said...

Hi John,

I tried St Bride’s wall for the first time this February after having stupidly thought that conditions would be good to go bouldering at Ben Ledi – I had forgotten that Scotland gets snow in the winter…

I found the grades were tough, probably because the quartz felt extremely sharp with the cold conditions (2°C) and because the cracks were a bit wet-ish. Also, the right hand side felt a bit high, even though the landing are good. I did not chance any fall.

I spent only an hour there and only manage to send the warm ups and Grey Matter. Also tried White Matter and Stem Cell but did not get anywhere close as sending them.

Very convenient venue though, especially when you find out that Ben Ledi’s boulders are under 30 cm of frozen snow :-D


9:12 am 

I climbed a sit start to The Shield today, any idea if it's been done before? I can send you details if you like. It's a really good problem!

I noticed on UKC that Angus Clarke has listed the crack to the right of The Shield, calling it Bride's Crack.

Cheers, Brendan Croft

3:32 pm