The ‘near miss’ of the season was when a huge, and polished, block parted company from the first pitch of The Preter (an Extreme Rock E2) at Avon narrowly missing me on the belay and not taking my partner with it to the bottom! The rest of the climb was superb but the first pitch is now very loose in its mid section and the original start to Malbogies would now seem to be the best start.

My sport climbing fitness has been on the decline but I have managed to onsight a few 7a+’s and redpoint a good number of the better new sport lines at Cheddar such as Star Spangled Banner (7b+) on the perfectly named Spacehunter Buttress.

I have been lucky with the weather down in Cornwall that has allowed some memorable days out ranging from solo’s of the easier Bosigran classics finishing off with a late afternoon saunter up Commando Ridge, a perfect afternoon ascent of Astral Stroll and some brilliant but tough days at Cheesewring Quarry.

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