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Who cares about the rain?
Posted by dave on 11 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Training
Well the rain hasn’t stopped us this weekend. We popped to Truro on Saturday, where Gaëlle finally managed to find a decent (and good looking) pair of women’s hiking trousers. Today, we took a stomp over to Bearah Tor via Sharp Tor on Bodmin moor where we managed some fun bouldering in our big hiking boots and on wet rock!
Gaëlle in particular seemed to cross a pyschological boundary today, her confidence has sky-rocketed and it really allowed her to push herself in tricky conditions.
Downderry Bouldering vid
Posted by dave on 11 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Training
As promised, here’s a short YouTube video of us bouldering at Downderry beach last weekend.
Back on it…
Posted by dave on 05 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Training
We haven’t posted in a little while, because the weekend before last we were both hit by a nasty case of food poisoning! (I won’t tell you who was cooking ‘cos I’d only embarass myself).
Since recovering though, we’ve really got back in to the swing of training. We’ve been running every day and with the fantastic weather we had this weekend, managed to get two solid days of climbing done.
On Saturday, we hit Bodmin Moor, climbing a couple of chimneys on Hawk’s Tor (home of the Bodmin beast!). Here’s a YouTube video of Gaëlle climbing one of the chimneys.
On Sunday, we strolled down Downderry beach at low tide, to access the excellent bouldering there. We had a very pumpy and tiring, but successful session - both of us are aching today! Video to follow soon…
Post-Gig Dartmoor
Posted by dave on 29 Jan 2007 | Tagged as: Training
We’d booked a day off work after the gig in Bristol so we could recover from our hangovers, but as we didn’t drink and drove home we were right as rain for a stomp across the moors instead!
Here’s a YouTube video of Gaëlle in action…
Finally roped up…
Posted by dave on 23 Jan 2007 | Tagged as: Training
We had a weeks hiatus from decent training last week, due to the awful weather - we would normally go running most days after work. Although it has now turned colder, it is at least dry, so we’ve been able to get back on schedule for getting fit.
At the weekend, we even managed to slip the ropes back on and have a proper climb! It was only a short bit of top-roping in Caradon Mine quarry, but it was great fun. And Gaëlle finally had the chance to properly test out her new climbing shoes!
This weekend’s training…
Posted by dave on 16 Jan 2007 | Tagged as: Training
The weather was a mixed bag this weekend… mostly sunshine and showers on Saturday but an absolutely beautiful, crisp winter’s day on Sunday. We managed to make the most of it - spending time on Sharp Tor and Stowes Hill on Saturday and bouldering (low level climbing without ropes) on Downderry beach on Sunday.
Above are images of Gaëlle scrambling up the back of Sharp Tor (quite an exposed, bold scramble if you’re not used to that sort of thing!) and the view from Stowes Hill (back of Cheesewring) looking towards Gold Digging’s Quarry.