Big falls at Sissy

Steve, Gav and myself returned to Sissy crag yesterday, it was the first time all three of us had been there together since 1997. Not much has changed in the last 12 years as the Jones boys tried to follow Gav up the desperate slopes.
We all warmed up on some easy classics before doing Go Granny Go (v5) (photo above) and playing around on some harder problems but nothing worthwhile was achieved so moved down the crag to the days main objective - the slabs. This block is home to two beautiful blank and committing lines. We had to invest a lot of time cleaning the lines since these problems have lay dormant for over 10 years.

The first line fell quickly as only the bottom half is blank then there are just enough small edges to make for an exciting but easier top out. Steve below on the crux first 5 meters on the right side slab called Slabia Minora E1 6a.The second line didn't go yesterday as we ran out of time and couldn't get the last 3 meters cleaned (we didn't expect to get so high). This problem Slabia Majora was first (and only) ascended by Gav in 97 and is about E4 6c. I had a nice drop from 3/4 of the way up but Gav took the biggest plummet falling with only 2 meters to go - enjoy!