Winter Training Starts Now…
After a long and eventful summer climbing pretty hard, the Schmoolz crew have picked up the axes once more in preparation for winter. We’ve had a good summer of trad climbing – some of us have been trying to push the grades, other have been waylaid with injuries (A2 pulley tendon tears). However, with the Scottish Tooling Series fast approaching and hopes of another excellent winter, we have started training now for the rock and snow.
Taking advantage of the last of the light evening, we headed of to a little known, and little used local quarry. The Quarry isn’t used much for climbing as the quality of rock is very poor, loose and dirty – but it makes the perfect tooling venue. It’s amazing how much skill you loose in such a little time - whilst trad climbing at a reasonable grade, it defiantly took a bit of time to get back into the flow of things. Tooling on rock like this is about as close to real winter climbing as you can get – delicate and temperamental. Having got a taste back for it, its time to hit the indoor walls and crack out the Schmoolz..
Mike
Taking advantage of the last of the light evening, we headed of to a little known, and little used local quarry. The Quarry isn’t used much for climbing as the quality of rock is very poor, loose and dirty – but it makes the perfect tooling venue. It’s amazing how much skill you loose in such a little time - whilst trad climbing at a reasonable grade, it defiantly took a bit of time to get back into the flow of things. Tooling on rock like this is about as close to real winter climbing as you can get – delicate and temperamental. Having got a taste back for it, its time to hit the indoor walls and crack out the Schmoolz..
Mike
