To be fair, the super glue and tape combo did not hold up too badly. The pain I felt in my finger when crimping down on the edges was more a dull ache rather than anything too nasty. However, yesterday's session had taken more of a toll on my shoulders than expected. I was tired and that along with the tape created too big a hurdle to surmount. I did not really believe I could do it today and after a few half-hearted goes I sacked it off.
Spirits were pretty low, the session had been a big disappointment, the rain was still forecast to stop play most of the weekend, so that might have been my last chance to climb Jack's. I decided rather than heading straight home to sulk I needed to just climb something. I'd seen a video on Dobbin's blog of the stag team making short work of Jack the Chipper and it looked good. Armed with that beta i headed up to the bloc.
The key to the problem is a right foot cam, i managed to get that in good first go and knew the flash was on. A couple more moves on a nice fat pinch saw me reach a good sloper on the lip. The mantel is slightly fiddly but once i sorted my feet out it was easy enough to roll out. This is my hardest flash to date but I'm not sure if its 7c or 7b+ to be honest.
The rain has arrived as I type so its a case of waiting it out now to see if I can sneak one more session out of the Wood in the next few days. Fingers crossed.
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