Took Leon out to Symonds Yat, to the unpolished New Orleans buttress. Bit busier there than I expected, a large family group having put up half a dozen top ropes on the easier routes. Anyway, the boy climbed well, and overcame the fear of lowering off. Weren’t no turkey testicles there, neither.
My plan is to get Leon up the Longstone Pinnacle this summer, and it looks like he’ll do it.
Leon cruisin’ Alabama VDiff
And now I’m off to a reunion at the Military Club in Hereford… haven’t seen a lot of those guys in a long time.
The happy wanderer 