the grit demythified

Made the speculative trip up to fermanagh passing through heavy showers periodically and thusly did it continue all day. Met the lads jimmy and joe who soundly gave us the locals tour of the brimstones area. Fairy boulder was good but half obscured by a fallen tree which made it feel a little claustrophobic, particularly in the heavy damp. wandered through the forest shown a behemoth in the mist and various lovely shapes which need cleaning and/or clearing to make them climbable. Undoubtedly the highlight was the best till last brimstones area. two beautiful stretches of gritstone wall, eye wateringly clean in the sun, featured just enough to create distinct independent lines on perfect rock. the waxing was off the charts. west brimstones was too wet to climb but looked like some primo lines of varying difficulty ending at a perfect height on a just so slopey lip. brimstones main was actually dry and so we got to sample the climbing on things like the groove and a lovely arete between showers. amazing place.