Lead Climbing at Stanage..

I was out with Ben and Tammie today for an introduction to lead climbing at Stanage Edge.

We spent the day looking at belays, gear placement, guidebook interpretation and psychological preparation. Having put the ground work in today we should be in a good position to do plenty of leading tomorrow.

It was chilly in the wind today, but it was much drier than of late. All in all it felt like a great gritstone day with good friction...