Met up with American John at the Gower Inn at 11:00 and headed for East Ridge for John's first multi-pitch climb.

It was quite cold as we got changed at the "col". I guessed that we'd be out of the wind on the ridge itself and I was right. At the bottom of the ridge it was rather mild and in the sun it was positively warm!

John led all the pitches no problems but as he was a little unsure of fixing up the top anchors I soloed up and checked them before removing the gear. John's good at learning quickly and seems to take in everything I show him.

At the top we stayed for a while and admired the view. Looking down we saw two parties at the bottom. we raced down off the summit and walked half way down to watch them fall off pitch 2 (the 4c variation). They did too, and after a while, even that became a little boring and so we headed off to West Tor.

John led Curving Crack and Popsi's Joy. By now the sun was really strong and it was almost hot standing in fron of that slab.

Anyway, a good days climbing from John. 3 4c pitches and a couple at 4a.

Perhaps we can try something a little harder next time. Fall Bay maybe?

John's keen to go back to the quarry. He likes it. Perhaps we can manage an hour after school one day.

Joiners afterwards.