I was going to head out to LPT today, but have been busy, and felt I needed a day to do some washing, send an invoice, and stuff like that. It sounds like I missed a good one as Pete Robins was beaten to the first ascent of a new route that may well be F8c+ at LPT. He was beaten by the great Niel Dyer, a legend in North Wales for being super strong. Read about this over on Chris Doyles blog.
Anyway I headed to the slate in the evening an did a quick ascent of sunchaser wall, in Vivian, finishing at the top of Comes the Dervish, which is a bit of a fitness test for me as I know how hard it should feel. Today I stood at the bottom, not having climbed the route this year on lead. It can feel easy, it can feel hard, but I have felt my confidence is coming back on the rock after a winter of no training.
It was good to know that the feeling was well placed as I breezed up the initial section to the first high runners, and then the route was as lovely as ever. So in two hours we maanged to cover 5 pitches up to E3, all within walking distance of Llanberis, you have got to love that route!