Down South Wales

A group of us all headed down to Swansea for the weekend as we had been invited to Deans and Phee's wedding reception on Saturday evening. We took the opportunity to head over to Dinas Rock for a days bouldering at Kenelgarth Wall before we went to the party. Myself, Deb, Sie and B had been, but Joe and Claude had not.
We meet the at the crag to find it a little damp but were determined and set to work drying the holds and get to warming up. It is only a small piece of rock but it has 20 up problems and 4 Traverse, with loads of other eliminates as well as 4 or 5 sport routes on it. The quality of the rock is solid, if a bit polished , but does suffer from a little seepage. Although it does stay dry in the rain and it is a great little venue.

Last time we were her we were trying Fat Cat Roof (v9 /Fnt7c), so we were up to try this again. Previously Deb had done all the moves and I was struggling. The story was the same again I was struggling and Deb quickly worked the top section. The crux of the problem is coming from the back of the cave to a small crimp in the roof and a heel hook to a tiny undercut in the roof next to the crimp and push right round the lip to another crimp , then swing your feet round to the lip and rock and long way to a good hold.
After a rest she decided to give it a go from the start. She easily got round the lip and two swings to the foot hold and the rock over and she cruised to the top, done. We all had a go but no one else got close.

Check out the Video, Sorry no video of Deb as the camera person was busy having a sandwich.