Written by: Miguel Boland
| Trip attendees: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Amy (co-organiser) | Amar | Sophia |
| Sofia Srdanovic (co-organiser) | Elaine | Stelios |
| Alex W. | Giovanni | Uri |
| Luca | Jerome | Will G. |
| Noah | Matthew | Alex |
| Simon | Maz | Cosima |
| Tom | Michele | Miguel |
| Tom R. | Jeremy |
The postgrads (and a few undergrads) took a trip to the Peak District with the goal of teaching trad to as many keen members as possible. A few boulderers also came along to fill the bus seats.
Highlights of the trip include:
- Amar mysteriously waking up (sleep walking?) in the middle of a circle of chairs in the village hall.
- Jeremy cooking an amazing beef stew (ICMC has gone boujee), and also finding himself in the middle of a circle of tables.
- Amazing, sunny weather all weekend
- Tom Richards wildly following advice on routes to climb with complete disregard for himself.
- 8 new trad leaders in the postgrads!
- Learning to crack climb
- Learning to properly tension a rope anchor before sitting on the edge of a cliff (see photos).
- Tom Richards receiving a delivery of additional gear mid-route on his first E1.
Notable sends:
- Lone Boulder Overhang (V2?). Steep side sit start.
- Bollard crack (VS 4C allegedly but so so burly, shout out to my boy Big Green for protecting the top section)
- Todycade E1
- Turnbull’s Trajectory, HS
- Paradise Wall HS 4b
- Even though I sent my first E1 (Nanoq Slab), highlight was the absolute battle up Silver Crack HS (hard to decide)
- Cleft wall route 1
Shoutouts:
- Jeremy! His cooking definitely helped my cold! Noah! Such great company. Everyone organising! Out and climbing at 10am is a real feat!
- Thanks for organizing the trip, was a really good weekend to be out in the peaks
- Miguel & Cosima for giving up a weekend to teach (and Miguel for pushing me onto some devious leads)
- Amy & Sofia for organising, everyone for being so nice, Jeremy for the stew, Tom & Amar for being lovely belay buddies xxxx
- Jeremy and everyone helping with food + drivers for getting us back safe
- My trad mother Sofia, my adoptive trad dad Miguel, and of course my trad brother Jeremy
- Shout out to Amy, Miguel, and All the other teachers! Really doing god’s work teaching beginners trad on possibly the nicest climbing weather weekend the peaks have ever seen
- Amar and Matt for being great partners, Miguel for pointing us in the direction of great climbs, and Amy for organising the whole trip (and manifesting great weather)
- Amy + Sophia for organising and Amy + Matthew for driving!
