Den Lane Quarry
Bouldering topos; an overlooked Mecca, I think not, but certainly a fun evening.
While approaching, the first area into view is Long Wall, Whimsical
and Rake walls are found by following the uphill path to the right.
1- B0 "Irish Jig" cracks passing a slot. 2- B3 "Hadrian's Wall" step off the L block and finish up arête 3- B6/7 "Hadrian's Direct" straight up no block or arête 4- B0 "Ash Tree Direct" crack & groove to the tree or R around the overhang 5- B1 "The Ramp" the wall R, crescent hold to sloping finish 6- B3 Can-can without the crack, dyno from low B6 7- B1"Can-Can" the short crack onto the ramp |
8- B0 short corner capped by overhang 9- B3 short problem up the block's centre 10-B0 "Tango" crack 11-B1 "Between" side pulls then over the small overhang 12-B0 "Calypso Crack" crack at the left end of undercut wall 13-B9 "Vortex" start low, stay between the cracks without using them 14-B4 "Quickstep" left crack only |
15-B5/6 "Fire Power" right thinner crack only 16-B9 "Glue Direct" straight up to the hanging flake 17-B5/6 "Pass the Araldite" reach from the R to attain the flake 18-B0 first section of "Jive" to its ledge. 19-B0 start "Palais Glide" then traverse L to the ledge 20-B5 "Hall's Wall" wall 6ft left of corner, step over to ledge 21-B0 a few moves of "Orchestral Crack" to the ledge |
22-B0 to the first ledge of "Three Notch Slab" 23-B3 direct up the slab's centre, many variations 24-B3/4 left side of the arête 25-B4 right side of the arête. B3/4 traverse to #8 from #24 26-B2 "Peg Free" thin crack containing a rusty remnant 27-B2 "Waltzing" traverse R from 26 via the flake, possibly finish up: 28-B3 "The Last Waltz" pull over the roof |
| 1- B2 "Splitter" crack to nowhere 2- B8 "Arête Me Not" up the arête's left side without the crack 3- B? "Stopper" the arête 4- B0 "The Whim" the corner 5- B6 "Whimsical" 5ft right of corner, use the small crescent |
6- B7 "Scoop" 3ft right, follow shallow groove, finish
direct 7- B5 "BT" layback the left side of the arête 8- B0 short corner 9-B0/1 "Beer Walk" low level traverse of the Rake Wall area |