Had a fab day yesterday down in Penwith with Gerard Healey, a visiting Australian on a whistlestop business tour of the world looking at green architecture. Having sent a day at the Eden Project, he wanted to sample the delights of Cornish Granite so we headed off to Bosigran. Despite rain the night before, the crag was dry and after nipping up the delightful Doorpost, Gerard led Little Brown Jug. "What a great place and super friction", he said. Gerard's stomping ground is Mt Arapilies in Victoria which is mostly a 'trad climbing' area, so he adapted well to our style of climbing here in Cornwall. Next it was off to Chair Ladder where we swung leads on Diocese before I handed the rope to Gerard, who ran up the classic South Face Direct. He's now off to Ireland, then Canada and the US. I hope he gets the chance to go to Yosemite on his 3 day visit to San Francisco. The granite there is good, but not as good as Cornish Granite!! Thanks to Si and Matt at Cornish Rock Tors for the booking.
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