Long-term climbing buddy Chris was with me and with plenty of other teams on the easier classics we headed across to Pluto, a 3-pitch HVS offering a little bit of everything - some steepish crack climbing, a great traverse pitch and a final rib and slab. I hadnt climbed the route for several years and Chris never so it was perfect, a great route for a competent team, we'd obviously just have to scrape by!
Everything felt a little alien, having spent so much time fell running rather than climbing lately but everything quickly fell into place and it was one of the best evenings climbing I've had in ages and the perfect tonic to last weeks rather busy Summer 2013 sales launch!
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| A late Spring evening in Langdale |
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| Pitch One - a steep crack |
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| Chris cruising on pitch one of Pluto |
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| Rich delicately traverses pitch 2 of Pluto |
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| Chris struggles with his rack |
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| Are you sure its this way? |
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| Rich traverses high above Langdale |
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| Chris high on the final pitch of Pluto |
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| 'I dont want to hear anymore about your new SS13 range' |
