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Peak district bouldering: Cratcliffe Tor

Peak district bouldering: Cratcliffe Tor

Sunny days have started to make a return - and what better way to welcome the Sun than a day bouldering in the Peak District?

 

We headed to Cratcliffe in the Southern Peaks with our ambassadors Michaela & Jerome for some sunny bouldering.

 

"But granite in the sun!?" I hear you say... well don't worry Cratcliffe is perfect as the surrounding woods give the boulders shade.

 

An important side note: Each slide finishes with a picture of Vera 🐶

3RD ROCK Ambassadors Michaela & Jerome approaching boulders at Cratcliffe Tor in the Peak District

Jerome & Michaele on the approach to Cratcliffe Tor (with Vera 🐕‍🦺)

Jerome Mowat approaching Cratcliffe Tor for some Peak District Bouldering wearing 3RD ROCK Gaia Trousers

Jerome navigating through the woods in his Gaia Twill Trousers

Michaela Tracy approaching Cratcliffe Tor in her 3RD ROCK Clothing Ash Shorts with her dog Vera.

Michaela & Vera approaching through Cratcliffe Woods

Firstly, the approach

One of the great things about Cratcliffe Tor is you've not got a long ol' trek to the boulders!

 

Yes theres a little bit of bushwacking and somewhat sketchy foot placements but all in all it's not bad (I did it in Vans if that's any indication).

 

Overall the walk to our warm up boulder took us around 15 minutes from the B5056 between Bakewell and Winster.

3RD ROCK Ambassador Jerome rock climbing on a roof with an angaged heel hook in our Gaia Twill trousers

Jerome at the bottom of the Brain Dead arete... the "warm up"

Jerome spotting Michaela Tracy when boudlering on a 6c highball in the Peak District wearing 3RD ROCK Clothing

Michaela assessing her next move whilst wearing the Ash Shorts

Michaela Tracy topping out on the boulder Brain Dead at Cratcliffe Tor in the Peak District wearing 3RD ROCK Clothing's Ash Shorts

"Michaela topping out on Skin Deep 7a+

Jerome Mowat with a high foot when bouldering on Peak District Granite in Cratcliffe Tor. Wearing 3RD ROCK Gaia Twill trousers

Jerome slinging his leg up to that nasty high foot we mentioned (Look at those Gaia's stretch though 😏)

3RD ROCK Ambassador Jerome Mowat Rock Climbing in the Peak District whilst wearing 3RD ROCK Clothing

Jerome working his way up the arete to the top out of Brain Dead/Skin deep

Michaela Tracy's Dog Vera owning the shoot.

Because we love a crag dog... especially when they're as cute as Vera!

Warming up... on a 6c highball 🥴

When discussing where we should warm up, Jerome mentioned a boulder with a nice, aesthetically pleasing arete... what he didn't mention is that it's a 6c highball!

 

This route is "Brain dead", the main route up the Brain dead boulder. After crushing Brain Dead, it was time for the 7a+ sit start; "Skin Deep"... which caused an issue with getting a high right foot when exiting the roof.

3RD ROCK Ambassador Michaela Tracy working an overhanging rock climbing when wearing the Luna Bra & Strider trousers

Michaela working on P Crack wearing our Strider cargo trousers

Jerome rock climbing in the Peak District wearing the 3RD ROCK Desi Recycled Active shirt designed for climbing and adnveture.

Jerome and his fancy footwork on P Crack in our Johnson Trousers

Michaela Tracy's crag dog Vera enjoying the sun at Cratcliffe Tor in the Peak District

Gold Medal for best crag dog goes to Vera

Playing on P Crack

Before jumping on the main boulder of the day, we moved down to relatively new boulder named P Crack to work out some beta, eat lunch, and play with Vera.

 

There was also an outfit change into our new Twills & Desi active tech shirt to test them bouldering... they all worked a treat!

Michaela sending Priestmaker 1000 (7c+) in Cratcliffe

Priestmaker 1000: the climb of the day 💪

This boulder is given 7c+ but the general consensus is that this boulder is an 8a... so we're saying 8a 😉

 

This was a burley boulder consisting of some intense roof climbing, slopy holds on the lip and a not-so-fun top out... but words don't do it justice so here's Michaela crushing it instead:

A fan of what you've seen?

Jerome & Michaela were wearing some items from our new Spring 2025 collection at Cratcliffe... if you like what you see you can shop the bits they wore below or head to teh full collection online!

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