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| Esgaroth (right hand crack) |
The first half was fairly straight forward, then I came to the crux move. I was stood on the ledge trying to figure the moves - I just need to grab the good ledge I could see. After trying a few positions I lowered off back to the belay and had a quick drink, then climbed right back up there and done the moves.
The climb turned out to be Esgaroth (Hard Severe 4b).
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| Nearing the crux. |
After a great start I was feeling ambitious. A few meters left of Esgaroth was a corner climb graded Very Severe 5a. I know I can climb 5a - as I have done recently - but the start of this climb was hard! I could barely get off the ground. So after a few failed attempts I gave up on that one. I will give it another go soon though.
The last climb I tried was The Gnome King (HS 4b). I climbed up to crux, popped some gear in the crack as my leg wobbled (making a rather jingly tune!) and attempted the moves. I had my right hand solidly jammed in the crack in front of me, and a good foothold to push up with my right leg. I pushed up and grabbed the ledge, then didn't know what to do next! I repeated this a few times, lowered off and had a drink, then tried again. This time noticing a good foothold out left for the other foot. I pushed up, grabbed the ledge, got the foothold, I was about to commit....but lost all energy and reversed it back. Probably should of just committed in hind sight, but there you go, next time.
It was good to jump straight on some harder climbs, and even fail at them, as its put my head in a better place about climbing some tougher stuff. Its given me some confidence to push myself a little more. Looking forward to some more!
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