John should have been there - Chair Ladder
Terrier’s Tooth - HS 4b John looking nervously out to sea - he's right to Half way up the “new” first pitch of Terrier’s Tooth, I was finally making progress after a period of uncertainty over exactly where the established route was these days, since the rock fall of 2014 took away the lower section. With a choppy sea lashing spray all over the place we’d nervously abseiled and traversed the rocky shelf to the base, confident in the knowledge that it was practically low tide and no waves were washing properly over. But nature has it’s own way; hearing an unsettling whumpf, deeper and louder than the background wave noise we’d become accustomed too, I turned to glance down. John should have been there but all I could see was a wall of spray with ropes rising from within. “No!” was all I could involuntarily utter as I winced and waited to see the outcome. Not sure what to expect I gripped the sidepull tight and watched as he reappeared from his white water wash. Understa...