Mostly those crags north of Leeds and the M62 in the Yorkshire Dales, but also the crags in the vicinity of Harrogate and Wetherby. The grit cracks in South Yorkshire close to the Peak District are covered in the Peak District Region, as are those just north of the Peak but south of the M62. Protect the Rock – let this be your mantra. John Dunne and Lucy Creamer cut their teeth here. Tradition is respected but cams and mats come in useful.
Intro to climbing on gritstone - I’m not a fan! The sloper holds and horizontal cracks are not my strong point. And the Boulder problems here are way off on the grades - much harder than the guidebook says.
