Thursday, July 26, 2018

The Final Count and What's Next?

Now that we've finally settled back into the dampness of England and unpacked 42kg of size 6 Friends, it's time for some deep reflection, pondering and musing.........



Right, who needs a big friend? Going cheap.....


IS IT 'ECK!



Let's get the tick list out (for the geeks amongst us) and then work out what's next?



63 Days in the Wide Wilderness





Below is a list of what Pete and I climbed during our trip to the States, which includes some boulder problems (some of which were actually longer than other routes at Vedauwoo!). I've written it down in grade order, as making it chronological would require some level of organisation. I've left the original grades of the routes on, rather than the new suggested grades, for the sake of diplomacy.



(B) Denotes boulder problem - long or short and whether I felt like I would pass out or not...

(Sb) Denotes major sandbag - Scarpelli Style.



Oh God, not another list...


Century Crack                                                                    5.14b

Army of Darkness                                                               5.13d

Gabriel                                                                                5.13b

The Price of Evil                                                                  5.13b

Eight Ounces to Freedom (B)                                              5.13b

Simiantics (B)                                                                      5.13b

Angry Pirate Finish                                                              5.13a

Monsters Inc (B)                                                                 5.13a

Belly Full of Bad Berries                                                      5.13a

Lucille                                                                                 5.13a

Spatial Relations                                                                  5.13a

The Vag                                                                              5.13a

The Warden (B)                                                                  5.13a

Trench Warfare Extension                                                   5.13a

Witness The Wideness                                                        5.12d/5.13a

The Brad                                                                            5.12d/5.13a

Trench Warfare                                                                   5.12d

What the Big Boys Eat                                                        5.12c

On a Wing and a Prayer                                                      5.12c

New World Order (B)                                                         5.12c

World's Hardest (B)                                                            5.12b

Trip Master Monkey (Sb)                                                    5.12b

Squat                                                                                   5.12b

Brother from Another Planet                                                 5.12a/b

Big Baby                                                                              5.11b/c

Worm Drive (Sb)                                                                 5.11b

Big Pink (Sb)                                                                       5.11b

Torpedo Right (Sb)                                                              5.11a



There's probably a few I've forgotten there - and I'll have got a few of the grades wrong. It's all good though, because if anyone out there gets really psyched, all you need to do is print off this list, buy your self 7 pairs of shoes and 37metres of athletic tape!



What's Next?



That's the question that we asked ourselves many times over during the last 2 weeks of the trip. Mostly so far, it's been a mixture of doing interviews, magazine articles and preparing some lectures - which is all very normal and "back to reality." So..........................



It's time for some challenges again I think. Climbing Challenges. Nothing normal, nothing particularly sensible. Details coming up in the next blog post.



Wide Boyz Lecture? Roll up if you think you have problems. 

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