Today I headed up to Dunkeld with Damien to do some tradding. However the weather had other ideas and so after a short while sitting in the rain at Upper Cave we decided to head over to Myopic's. We were not alone in our thoughts and met Boo, Mike and Ali hiding from the downpour. I went to put up the clips in Chopping Block and was warming up nicely having pulled through the roof and rested at the next clip. I started off again heading for the top and then as I was clipping the second to last bolt I suddenly found myself travelling rather swiftly towards the ground. All was well until the rope came tight and pulled me back into the rock, as it was this happened rather aggressively and as I put my feet out to safegaurd more important bodily parts there was a rather loud smack. This turned out to be my right ankle and it was with much dissapointment that I spent the rest of the day lying on a bouldering mat pointing my foot upwards. Later I went to A&E in Edinburgh as my ankle swelled up to a good apple size and much inconclusive poking and two x-rays led to a conclusion of sheared bone on the left side and a possible fracture on the right (back next week
for more poking so watch this space!) Overcoming the shmega-fest associated with damp forest and polished shist Damo and Ali had a good day getting the red-point on Chopping Block and working the moves on Granola Head whilst Mike red-pointed Granola Head and The Vibes. A good day for those uninjured.
