Sam Williams and I made for the Shelterstone crag yesterday in the sun. After a nice walk in up the Goat Track we were met with crags down in loch Avon that were bone dry (all except Hells Lum).
The Shelterstone crag.
We started up The Needle E1**** and made fast progress linkin pitches together and making light work of the crux pitches.
Sam following up pitch 1.
Leading the first 5b pitch.
Happy at the belay.
After I linked the second 5b pitch with another sam took over the lead again and we inadvertently found ourselves below the last two 5b pitches of The Steeple which including its 5c picch further down is an over all E2. We'll stick with the solid E1 with what ended up being 4 5b pitches.
The main Steeple crack on its penultimate pitch.
Take the shot!
Sam linking the last two ptiches together after a strenuous yet exhilarating crack climb.
Two climbers on The Needle crack E1****
The climb ended up being even more spectacular than we expected even with the unintended detour at the top. What a great day!
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