Salt n Wound

The day started off with fairly low expectations, Chris had been out boozing the night before and I had just come back from a two week holiday, neither of us were going to do anything special. With this in mind we headed for Port Soif with the idea of setting up a top rope and working out a sequence for Salt n Wound (a Martin Crocker route which takes the obvious arete and goes at E5 6b).

Paul joined us later on and pointed out some obvious (if not tiny) RP placements. I also managed to work out a sequence and would of left the lead for another day, however Paul was quite persuasive... I therefore found my self tied in ready for the lead.


The crux for me was a short sequence involving a blind slap which then allowed me to make a very precise move to a big jug. I found myself slapping round the arete but the hold was nowhere to be found! A quick look down at my RPs confirmed as should keep trying. It was all for nothing as I just ran out of juice and peeled off. Two out of the three RPs popped out along with the rock they were placed in but one of them took the fall... the lead was still on.


After a few minutes I was up there again, this time finding that hold and making it to the top!


Steve Le F

Mallorca Trip

Steve, Chris, James and Nathan just got back from the trip to Mallorca for some deep water soloing. Some varied weather and awesome climbing was experienced. Check out www.gmc.org.gg/mallorca2009 for more details!

Havelet Wall Traverse

What is fast becoming an annual (or possibly several times a year) event took place a few days ago - The Havelet Traverse. This traverse has now been completed by at least 5 or 6 people and new twists on the original traverse will probably follow. For a bit more info see www.gmc.org.gg/havelet!

BBQ Bouldering Evening

As the outdoor season of climbing in 2009 draws to a close, the time for the summer barbeque evening has come. Awesome bouldering and a few beers and burgers went down well at the Pequeries Boulder. More photos are on the club facebook page!

New GMC Logo!

Finally, after many months of waiting, the new logo for the GMC has been finalised! Just got to decide on the group hoodie colour now....

80's Fancy Dress Social

As a first entry to this blog, I thought we would kick it off with the fancy dress evening the GMC held at Grand Rocque on the 23rd June. Go to www.gmc.org.gg/fancydress for some photos and a short video of the evening. A meal in the Rockmount finished off a night of quality bouldering!