Lost Buoys Lost

Liam Halsay reports the demise of another quality St. Bees problem, due to winter-storm damage. It appears that 'Lost Buoys' at the Old Buoys Circuit of the Northern Head has been hit by some big blocks, resulting in it being moved and having a number of holds badly damaged. Liam said it may still be possible but the landing is less good and it would probably be easier. :o(

New Dow Crag Bouldeirng Guide

There's a new 10 page guide to the Dow Crag area now available to download via the crag page on LakesBloc:

http://www.lakesbloc.com/crags/south-west/552-dow-crag-boulders.html 

The new guide cover 70+ problems from 2-8A and incorporates Nettle Crag, the Cove Stones and the Dow Crag boulders.

Have fun.

Download All Guides: One File

You can now download all 50+ LakesBloc bouldering guides as a single (105mb) Zip File via the page linked below. Then simply add to your smart phone or tablet and away you go...

http://www.lakesbloc.com/download-all-guides.html

St. Bees Storm Damage

Chris Fisher has kindly passed on this information relating to the damage caused to the bouldering areas at St. Bees Head, after the recent winter storms.

Firstly the block featuring Izaro on has completely collapsed (see pic below), unlike it's namesake the problem has disappeared without a trace!

There's been some block shifting round where The Kraken is situated: the right-hand version of this can't really be done any more as there's a block in the way, the left-hand version could possibly still be done.

At Fleswick, the piece of rock housing Trash Vortex has separated totally from the crag and is tilted quite alarmingly, whilst this makes the problem harder it is quite likely to kill anyone who happens to be on it if it detached completely (see pic below).

Round Fisherman's steps there's been lot's of movement behind Fruits de Mer, this has created a couple of nice 6c+/7a problems for folk to explore.

Lastly the rock step between Apiary Wall and Scabby Back has disappeared, fortunately though it's still possible to get between the two.

Whilst this damage and 'reorganizing' of blocks is a bit disappointing, it could have been a whole lot worse. If anyone notices or has noticed any other changes please feel free to post a comment below...

NEW Brant Fell Guide

New Brant Fell Bouldering guide now available to download. Head to the site and click the PDF topo link at the base of the crag page.

http://www.lakesbloc.com/crags/south-east/201-brant-fell.html

This may be a small area but it is extremely popular with visitors and locals alike.

Thanks go to George North for the text and images, as well as John Kettle and Annette Smith for problem feedback and general area beta.

Carrock Fell Guide Updated

Carrock Fell Guide 2012 Version 1.1: I have updated the Carrock Fell guide. There's a number of grade/description alterations (the most notable being 'Hockstack & Two Broken Toothbrushes' going up to 7B) along with the addition of the Mint Wall sector and of course the crags hardest line, 'Home' (8B). There were a few other recent additions that I couldn't include without a major overhaul, these will get included in the next full re-write.

http://www.lakesbloc.com/guides/carrockfell-guide.pdf

Dow Crag Bouldering

I have just added various information pages to the website focussing on the recently developed bouldering circuit below Dow Crag, in the southwest Lakes. The area now hosts a fair circuit of easier lines and 10+ problems from 7A to 8A...

News Report: lakesbloc.com/news/supergene-a-full-dow-crag-roundup
Crag Page: lakesbloc.com/crags/south-west/dow-crag-boulders
Crag Gallery: lakesbloc.com/galleries/dow-crag-boulders-gallery