1st September 2022

Gurnards Head

Right Angle – VS – 4b (variation) Lead P1, P3

Climbing seems to be becoming a very intermittent activity for me at the moment. So it was really good to get out with Chris and get back on the rock.

A return to a classic is always worthwhile and Right Angle is unmistakably a classic. Never hard, but continually interesting with three distinct sections. A fairly juggy and contorted first pitch, leads to an unlikely second with a bare looking wall 9if you do the variation VS version which tbh feels no harder than the original line). And then of course you have the vertical corner pitch. Glorious climbing in a great position.

We only did the one route. It seemed enough on the day. I think sometimes you just have to make the most of a route like RA. Chatting with the Royal Marines added some interest. What an amazing job they have, although I wouldn’t fancy it in times like this.

So Chris and I are going to revisit some classics now. Check back through the log book and pick up on some of the early routes we did when we were ‘learning the ropes’. Oh yes. And 40m ropes are not quite long enough. 50’s are better for RA.