Stuart from High Sports has put some photos from Friday nights dry tooling on his blog so I can now do a blog for the dry tooling at Shropshire Climbing Centre organised by Drytooling UK which is run by Pete Hill. Friday night was a workshop were Pete took us through some techniques such as stein pulls an figure of four's which I found very tough! Hard on your hands and you need a strong core!
Anyway we did some bouldering problems and some top roping. The course included crimp grips, jugs, hanging logs, tyres and hanging chains. Karl put on a great evening and Pete was a great teacher and made it all look effortless (not surprising when you see his CV!)
Anyway here are some pics from Friday night:
Chris Ellis moving onto a desperate blue, keep the weight down the shaft or you're off!
Me traversing using Stein Pulls (or 'Can Openers')
Chris Ellis getting stuck into a hanging log
Me in the blue starting a figure of four on tyres, with the lad from High Sports (name?) locked off in a figure of four on a hanging log.
It was so much fun I went back Saturday dinner time to do some more, although not as well! I bouldered for the rest of the afternoon which is probably why I was so knackered on the Valleys Race! If it doesn't break you......
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