Ticking Along

Things are still ticking along with the update although as I'm having to do most of the crag visits, route checking, etc. in my own time it will take a while before I can give any firm dates as to when the new edition will be ready for printing.

Also, my apologies to anyone who's emailed me and been waiting for a reply. I've been busy covering a colleague's holiday leave but normally I try to respond promptly. There is still a bit of time to get all those projects done – better get them in quick though!

Unknown First Ascent Details for Kilmar Tor New Route

The Kilmar Tor section on Javu's new routes page has a description of a line with a suggested name of 'Septic Reality'. But there are no first ascent details and the quote containing the description is unattributed.

Dave Henderson can't remember who sent him this; I've asked a few other people but no one seems to know who might have climbed it.

If anyone has any further info on this route – first ascent date/names of the first ascent party – please leave a comment or get in touch.

The full entry on Javu reads...
"We climbed a line on Kilmar Tor that is not recorded in any of the guides we have seen, it follows a roof crack out of a cave 100m along the ridge towards the car from Special Llama, climb up the back of the cave, follow the roof crack out to daylight along a mossy ledge until mossy jams on the lip allow you to stand on the arete, then climb the top slopey section, graded about HS 5a but will get easier as the jams get less mossy, we reckon if nobody else has claimed it Septic Reality would be a good name. the arete below the finish goes as well at about s 4b with the same scary topout."

A Reminder

Progress on the research for the second edition slowed a little over the Christmas and New Year period as my other work commitments took priority. However, I’ve still been receiving lots of valuable information regarding new routes and current access issues in particular. Thanks to everyone who has been in contact. I’d also like to remind those with outstanding route descriptions to send them in.

Things are certainly back on track now as I’ve been visiting a number of the crags recently. I’ll be adding further guide related posts soon and hopefully getting round to updating this site.

Renewal of Fixed Gear in Cheesewring Quarry

I've started a discussion thread on the South West Climbing Wiki which may be a good place to report on the current state of Cheesewring's pegs. It would be helpful to gain a consensus on which pegs people think are necessary, which need to be removed, replaced, etc.

Read the discussion here...

Cheesewring & South East Cornwall, a climbers’ guide by Sean Hawken, is now out of print and has been since earlier this year. A second edition is now in preparation. The publishers of the guidebook have set up a website http://www.stivesnews.co.uk/CheesewringClimbing/index.html in order to provide a point of contact to send in your new route descriptions, news of repeats and grade feedback to be included in the update.

Through this website we also hope to publish online, archive material relating to the history of climbing in the area. In addition this news blog will be used to keep anyone who might be interested updated on the progress of the second edition of the Cheesewring & South East Cornwall guide.