So having spent a bit of a late night slamming more code, I almost got the iCoach Climbing Offline Logging App functioning. I then got back up and made further progress with web based SQL and JQuery. If you don’t know what that is, I would keep it that way as it is not the easiest thing to get your head around.
The weather had been forecast to be warm and sunny, although there was a bit of cool breeze. So I teamed up again with Si Lake and headed up to Vivian Quarry again. We ran into Andy Scott and Grimer repeating the route we did the lite version of yesterday. Unfortunately that meant they were on Comes the Dervish, so we headed over to the Conscience Slab.
I really wanted to do Never as Good as the First Time, but it was a little damp so instead did another route I regularly throw laps on Is It a Crime? All the routes were first ascended by Mike Raine who all those years ago felt very strongly against bolts but managed to overcome his conscience to make several very good routes on this great slab.
Having both climbing that we headed back to The Dervish for lap one of 2013. This is such a great route and I don’t know whether it is easier than a few of the pitches I have done in the last week that are E2, or its just I know every runner and foot hold intimately. I alway joke the polish is in part down to the number of times I have run up after work.
I think the best thing about Vivian this time of year is that it gets the sun in the afternoon and is sheltered from the winds going up or down the pass. You also get the most amazing view of Llanberis and Llyn Padarn.