Thursday 24 September 2009

New Boulder Problems and Routes

Good News everyone! Like I said 7 weeks ago, the wall was in for a big change in the area of route setting. The plan has been going well, for 5 weeks straight we managed to re-set a different part of the bouldering wall until every ratho bouldering wall had been re-set. We where going to restart the re-setting if the bouldering walls again after the 5 week period and begin anew, but me and Buz both felt that 5 weeks wasn't very long and there where tonnes of new problems to get at so we left a 2 week gap at which more new problems can be set on all bouldering walls and then we would begin anew. So 7 weeks has passed and today I stripped the left hand side of the bouldering cave! So lots of new problems on their way, YEAH!!! Psyched!

Also, today Buz and I set a new hard route through the hangar wall, we think 8aish? The grades of the new routes are as follows from Left to Right:

White 6b
Blue 7c+
Grey 8a
Tan 7b
Yellow 8b
White 6b+
Blue 7b+
Purple 7a+/b
Yellow 7c
Ripple 7b+
Yellow 6c+
Purple 7b+
Green 7a

These are not official, as we haven't had too many people check the grades as yet, but as soon as we get a consensus we will stick the grades up on the white board left of the hangar wall. So everyone, get on the routes and tell us what you think yeah?

3 comments:

  1. would say white in the middle is maybe 6c and what about the brilliant red beside it? Seems to have been missed out.

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  2. I was down yesterday- good setting guys!

    Are the grades you list all to full height? I was on the 7a+/b purple you describe, and I think that it is 7a+ to the first set of chains... Didn't go further than that. Really good fun though: Definitely the best route there's been on the wall so far!

    I think that the white in the middle you give 6b+ is 6b to the first set of chains, and 6c+ to the end...

    I think that the red that "seems to have been missed out" is 6c.

    As for the old comp wall, the yellow up the middle is definitely not 7a+. More like easy 6c+, but still a good route- it has an airy feel in the middle (particularly if you clip like I did..!). I think the green nearby gets hard 7a.

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  3. Cool guys! Glad your enjoying yhe routes! The Red is 6c+/7a i think? There has been a bit of debate, i reckon 6c+, everyonelse thinks 7a/+...

    So i dunno, whatever you guys think? If the white is 6c+ then the red is 7a+ because theres a big difference, i know this because i campussed the white, dont think i could do the same to the red though ; P

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