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Any Fetchie (rock) climbers out there?

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eL Bee! Sep 2010 5:59pm, 9 Sep 2010 14,199 posts	Quote Pin eL Bee! MudMeanderer - I don't think we have enough folk with the requisite skills for an outdoor event just yet
Velociraptor Sep 2010 6:03pm, 9 Sep 2010 12,684 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor That's something that I've been confronting recently, MudMeanderer. Most of what we think of as upper body strength training is worse than useless for functional climbing strength. Climbers don't need muscle-ballast of the sort you get from pumping iron, but most climbers have beautiful upper bodies in a lean, non-rubbery sort of way A Fetchie crag outing may be some way in the future unless someone else wants to organise it. What we have is a large house to put people up in and a choice of excellent indoor climbing walls.
MudMeanderer Sep 2010 6:21pm, 9 Sep 2010 25 posts	Quote Pin MudMeanderer ElBee and VRap, that's possibly true. I guess it depends where most folks are, how many would be interested (inc balance of leaders and novices) and what equipment could be pulled together. I'd nominally suggest somewhere like Dovestones Edge in the Northern Peak, that would be sufficiently remote to not have huge numbers and be full of low grade routes, and that could take a group, but if only one or two sets of gear could be found even setting up a couple of topropes may not prove a great intro to the sport.
eL Bee! Sep 2010 6:44pm, 9 Sep 2010 14,200 posts	Quote Pin eL Bee! MudMeanderer - That's not a bad idea! Logistically it could prove challenging though - climbing being an "It's sunny - let's go" kind of activity!! It would be quite a good idea to find a suitable spot though - and introducing some new folk to the wonders of climbing on rock is an excellent idea. Scraping together enough kit to set up a few top roped routes shouldn't be too difficult, I'd have thought
Lizzie W Sep 2010 7:07pm, 9 Sep 2010 13,456 posts	Quote Pin Lizzie W There's bag of kit here that hasn't been sold yet.
Pestomum Sep 2010 7:27pm, 9 Sep 2010 3,723 posts	Quote Pin Pestomum Am rather looking forward to starting the intro course at Newcastle climbing centre next year
2 Flat Feet Sep 2010 9:07pm, 9 Sep 2010 2,911 posts	Quote Pin 2 Flat Feet So Lizzie.... counts pennies
Pestomum Sep 2010 9:08pm, 9 Sep 2010 3,732 posts	Quote Pin Pestomum don't get involved in A Domestic, dear...
2 Flat Feet Sep 2010 9:13pm, 9 Sep 2010 2,912 posts	Quote Pin 2 Flat Feet I'm not "getting involved", only being the innocent catalyst....
2 Flat Feet Sep 2010 9:13pm, 9 Sep 2010 2,913 posts	Quote Pin 2 Flat Feet "again" I might add.....