Today was a great autumnal day in Dartmoor, cold and crisp to start but warming up with blue skies and sunshine heating the rock after all the rain we’ve been having over the last few days.
We were at the Dewerstone on Dartmoor today where Sara was working on her lead climbing technique in preparation for her P.E A-level next year.
We had a short amount of time so we got on the climbs right away and managed to get four routes completed during the morning around the shorter side of the Dewerstone, on the single pitch routes.
Sara led a couple of Diffs, a Severe and a cheeky little pitch of Hard Severe at the end. I ended up doing a lot of dangling on a hanging rope next to Sara as she climbed so that I could check on her gear placements and offer advice when necessary. It was all about getting a few routes done today, we’re out again tomorrow and we will have a look at a few more techniques, with climbing movement and the gear as well.
Here’s a few photo’s from the day;
Sara testing gear placements on the lead
