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The Staffordshire Nose

22/07/2013 16:21

So i tried this last year with Andi, but we were defeated at the last hurdle. This time its different, we feel more ready, the weather has been dry for a while now, we can pick the exact day and time due to the holidays. its now down to us. we started at 7am sharp on the upper tier, first route of...

STAFFORDSHIRE NOSE SPEED RECORD BROKEN!!!!!

22/07/2013 15:22

Mr buzz Pete Bridgwood and partner in crime / Fingerbuzz ambassador Andi Turner have completed the Staffordshire Nose in the Staffordshire Gritstone area. This challenge consists of completing 31 routes between The Roaches, Hen Cloud and Ramshaw Rocks, all first ascended by either Don Whillans or...

formality

01/07/2013 15:41

So the last couple months my focus has been on working on the whillans / brown day aka the staffordshire nose. practice, practice practice. luckily i work with Andi, so if we not doing one of the routes, then id be out on my own soloing something somwhere, trying to keep my head strong. the last...

Heredity

06/05/2013 12:45

So I've been playing on the direct to fist full of crystals the last couple weeks aka heredity. A simon nadin variant, which has not been repeated. Goes at e6 6c. So I finally figured to beta, above a horrible landing, and when u get stood up you really aint prepared for the slab. So after I...

a fit full of crystals

15/04/2013 20:22

so today is warm, but breezy, perfec cons for thiroute. i meet dave at the steps of the lower ties, then decide to rig up a rope on it. wanted to do this route for ages, but always pu it off, we get to work on finding the beta and quickly figure it out, just as were ready andi and ky turn up with...

up to speed

15/04/2013 20:01

so strangely the weather has been dry. a month of snow and dry weather. the perigrines have moved to the upper tier and im thinking about routes as well now. so since b4xs, i decided to get on my tetris block proj, some almost successful session, but no joy, now it warmed up abit , the window of...

new lip balm flavour

15/04/2013 13:54

A new lip balm flavour has just been announced from Fingerbuzz hq. The all new peppermint flavour aka tingle buzz. get your hands on one now

Font and return of the routes

14/03/2013 11:20

so font has been and gone. i prob didnt have the best trip out there, although conditions were perfect everyday, we were on alot of reachy probs and i struggled abit. Biggest tick of the trip was modula - a 7b+ prob at cusinere, coinsidently a morpho problem. Since returning from font, ive been...

Sonic Boom

05/02/2013 12:06

so today i managed to get an hour at the tetris block, this is still ear marked on my projects list for the lines supermario and donkey kong, but today i was on my own> its cold and bloody windy . I had 2 pads and thought about a line starting as for super mario and finishes up Trust, now dubbed...

back on the project and gardoms

03/02/2013 10:06

so after a break in the weather, theres a couple cold days. i finish work at 4 and head straight to the clouds. my goal is to work on the super mario 8a??? project again. a few goes in and ive got the beta to the crux and where i need more pads and a spotter, but at least ive found the beta again,...

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