Wye Valley 24th May

I spent the Bank Holiday weekend in the beautiful city of Bath once again. On Saturday though I managed to snatch a day's climbing in the nearby Wye Valley. Ellen and I headed to Shorn Cliff with its high quality pocketed limestone routes. There is a great selection of classic lines around HVS and E1. We'd done a couple of HVS's and the day was going well when suddenly a climber on the route next to me took a bad fall and hit a ledge on his way down. Sadly the rest of the day was spent assisting with his rescue. A stark reminder to not fall on slabs or least dodge the ledges on the way down!