A Day On The Tools....

OK its 23rd of December the weathers been all over the place even more so than usual, were currently experiencing mega high winds and loads of rain.. today was a bit of a break in the weather, id already organised a day out with a friend called Tommy Harris a big guy with a span of a gorilla.. he is a Strong boulderer, sport and traditional climber but his favourite game is alpinismn.. he loves being on the tools and is pretty good at it too.. and is also a dab hand behind the lens..

We met at 9am in the winspit car park, worth matravers, Dorset.. this crag is predominantly sport and trad but there are a few caves which have been used for dry tooling..
we arrived at the crag after a nice 25 min downhill walk the sun was shining and after recent storms and bad weather felt amazing to be out in, the crag was fairly dry due to the high winds but the caves were we planned to dwell was seeping a little but Tommy assured me it was OK so we started warming up on a easy'ish traverse this was the 1st time for me on the tools and i loved it i found it pumpy and before too long i ended up on my behind, ouch haha.. awesome

Pure focus..

so after a bit of playing around Tommy suggested wanting to repeat his almost footless traverse he put up called "Smackdown" (M7) apparently named after how many time he ended up on his bum from placements popping, so we had a go Tommy went 1st and managed i think the 1st 5 moves this route is pretty much footless and very power full there are places to just get the feet up but by no means good more like smears.. I had a go and think i made to the 4th move which i was quite surprised at, we both chipped away my self falling off the ridiculous crux move which entails you dropping down on one tool while cutting looses its crazy hard but i did eventually manage it.. Tommy had another go and he went all the way this time move perfect, the last move is a soul destroyer after doing all the powerful moves there is a blind reach around a corner and in the distance a small chip of rock to make placement on and that being the one move i ended up not being able to link... i was so close but that's gonna have to be one to go back on but very good fun line if you have power in abundance..

both tired we headed back up hill all the way back to the cars a very enjoyable day and really enjoyed getting on the tools so a special thanks to Tommy for showing me what its all about..
AWESOME!!!