Shoes, problems, and routes

Afternoon of bouldering and climbing with K & E on the other side of the moor. Part of the reason for going was to allow K to replace her existing pair of Red Chillis — so battered that the holes in the toes were well over an inch long & once, when she forgot them at the climbing centre, someone had tried to bin them thinking they were rubbish. She'd originally planned on spending 60-70 pounds but E persuaded her to trade all the way up to a pair of La Sportiva Katanas.

After a whole bunch of bouldering we couldn't resist top-roping a particularly nice 6c on the overhung wall. It was entertainingly tricky with some seriously powerful moves, but we made a decent start on it and K reckoned that we made it look easier than someone she and E had seen struggling with the first couple of moves a couple of hours before.