Yorkshire climbing, Brimham Rocks

(Apologies to Lewis Carroll).

Present: The Mad Hatter, Humpty Dumpty, Alice, The Cheshire Cat + possible sighting of the Bandersnatch. Lots of the King's (KMC's) men and women (fortunately they didn't need to put him back together again), sorry your names were not recorded.

 

A day greyer than most dawned... Spring was not interested in a KMC meet, but the Mad Hatter certainly was! "why not have a tea party" Stove, water, tea, date slice and fruitcake were dutifully dragged to the foot of Birch Tree Wall and a steady stream of KMC'ers strolled around the rocks waiting for the rain to start, but the rain may have been in Gloucester (ask Dr Foster!). Contenders:

Humpty: The meet leader, falling off Right Hand Crack as a result of laughing too vigorously at Joe (dangling) and Lester trying to remove a well-placed camming device. A second before this I had clipped a well-placed hex, and Mr Wylie was paying attention, so I merely dangled as well!

Mad Hatter: Probably Al Metelko for making the effort to lead Hatter's Groove, I was informed of dampness.

Cheshire Cat: Dan O'Brien "I've just soloed an E3!" Quite a grin it was too!

Alice: Difficult to say, but could be Mauriane, a parka-wearing Belgian who hasn't been sighted since. Claimed inexperience but seemed to cruise up various VS's!

Bandersnatch: A greyish, gorilla like creature swinging around the Cubic Block, very peculiar. When pursued it fled at high speed (in a green campervan!).

Humpty said Brimham's a fine crag, well worth another visit. Tea? Yes, the party will hopefully become a regular feature! Thank you kindly, all who attended; plenty of climbing was done in spite of the initial chilly dankness, good effort folks!

John Evans