Sterling Adventures » Dave http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog The latest reports of world wide rock & ice climbing (and other extreme) fun and adventure! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:50:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Risborough Hills Ski Resort opens again http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/01/06/risborough-hills-ski-resort-opens-again/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/01/06/risborough-hills-ski-resort-opens-again/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:28:01 +0000 Dave http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=8104 For the second year Running the pistes in the Chilterns are looking good. Found a new run off the back of Whitleaf Hill this morning and got some turns in before work...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/01/06/risborough-hills-ski-resort-opens-again/feed/ 3 Gouffre Berger http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/08/03/gouffre-berger/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/08/03/gouffre-berger/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:20:46 +0000 Dave http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=6347 At -1122m the Gouffre Berger was regarded as the deepest cave in the world until 1963, it is still the 28th deepest known cave and the 4th deepest in the France. It has been on my personal hit list pretty much from the day I started caving...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/02/02/snowboarding-downhill-and-x-country-skiing/feed/ 2 Riding the Freeze in Risborough http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/02/02/riding-the-freeze-in-risborough/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/02/02/riding-the-freeze-in-risborough/#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:38:19 +0000 Dave http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=4161 You may have noticed its been snowing, so just back from the Alps thought I'd try out the runs in Risborough over lunch...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/02/02/riding-the-freeze-in-risborough/feed/ 3 Autumn Sun in Mallorca http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/10/15/autumn-sun-in-mallorca/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/10/15/autumn-sun-in-mallorca/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:18:23 +0000 Dave http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=2850 Pete, Tish, Fiona and I had planned this Autumn trip to Mallorca way back in February with the objective of getting up Sa Gubia Normal...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/10/15/autumn-sun-in-mallorca/feed/ 10 A belated post from the Dollies http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/09/16/a-belated-post-from-the-dollies/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/09/16/a-belated-post-from-the-dollies/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:33:33 +0000 Dave http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=2524 OK so we've been back over a week, but I don't seem to have as much time to post as everyone else seems to manage. Anyhow Dave E, Fiona, Phil, Tony, Chris and I all had great time in the Dolomites...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/06/25/cragging-in-aylesbury/feed/ 1 Middlefell Buttress http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/06/21/middlefell-buttress/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/06/21/middlefell-buttress/#comments Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:00:41 +0000 Dave http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=1862 A weekend with Aylesbury Climbing Club at Little Langdale had been committed to when the weather forecast was still pretty good so we were a little disapointed as the week went on and the forecast gradually got worse & worse...

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