Before I go on, first and foremost remember that no one was hurt in the making of this post, although some slate was damaged and minor injuries were had. I thought I’d add that before a relative, friend or bystander gets concerned.
So today the weather was dry from early till 12pm, for once the forecasters got it right. Myself, Llion and Katie headed over to Vivian Quarry and tried to tick a few classics, first up was Psychotherapy, then Last Tango. Although dry to look at the slate which has been blasted by weeks of rain was rather odd today.
As despite being dry, as soon as you placed you hands on it moisture appeared to leech out of the rock, or it was that cold it actually sucked it out of our fingers. I noticed this on Last Tango as I traversed the flake. I even had to take a moment on a move that I would usually fly up, although I put this down to the fact its been ages since I touched real rock.
Llion was undetered, and went for what must be his 100th lap of Comes The Dervish, a route that we have done so many times that it is usually a great day out. As Llion racked up I got a call from a recruiting agency, apparently one of the CV’s I have sent out was actually read and they wanted to talk to me some more about my web development skills and experience.
So whilst I was tucked out of the way chatting, Llion headed up the Dervish and then out of the corner on my eye I saw an inbound Llion and then heard the thud as he hit the floor from reaching for the first cam slot 5m up. I rushed over trying to explain to the person on the phone that my friend had taken a tumble, and I would have to go, but he was already getting up.
A lucky man, who has bruised his heel and probably caused greater damage to his pride (I am not helping by writing abut it), and a single blemish to a previous clean Dervish record. I guess its a lesson for us all to keep our guards up even when on familiar terrain, most driving accidents afterall happen with 2 miles of your home!
Oh, and Sorry Llion, but I had to blog it!