After work (see older post) I nipped over to Bonehill Rocks on Dartmoor for a quick boulder in the nice weather. The rock was still a bit damp in places but all the good boulder problems were dry, and clean after the rain yesterday.
I was keen to climb with someone, and all the usual partners were at work or busy so I was expecting to climb on my own for a quick session, but there was a few other people around so I wandered around climbing with different people or problems I hadn’t done before which was great.
I even managed to climb a little boulder problem that I’d been trying on and off for quite a while, and to my genuine surprise completed it after a few goes, and with some good encouragement from the other boulders.
Considering I live only ten minutes away from the best bouldering on the moor I should have climbed it ages ago, but there you are. My motivations generally lie elsewhere I guess, but it’s good to finally have “the wave” ticked.
Here’s a quick self-portrait on another problem – “rippled wall”
Ben Bradford on "rippled wall" Bonehill Rocks, Dartmoor
