Sterling Adventures » Elsie 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 The one that got away…. http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2012/01/30/the-one-that-got-away-2/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2012/01/30/the-one-that-got-away-2/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:00:00 +0000 Elsie http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=17251 My friends Amy and Will headed up to join me in Scotland this weekend with the intention of going winter climbing, with the rare combination of good conditions and a reasonable weather forecast we hoped to tick a **** classic route. I have wanted to climb West Chimney on Bidean Nam Bian for ages, in [...]

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2012/01/30/the-one-that-got-away-2/feed/ 4 Int Scottish Winter Climbing Brilliant! http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/12/19/int-scottish-winter-climbing-brilliant/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/12/19/int-scottish-winter-climbing-brilliant/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:00:00 +0000 Elsie http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=16350 Fueled with enthusiasm from last weekends winter climbing, I was feeling psyched to get out again, all I needed was a partner and a plan...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/12/19/int-scottish-winter-climbing-brilliant/feed/ 3 Kicking off winter 2011/2012 http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/12/15/kicking-off-winter-20112012/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/12/15/kicking-off-winter-20112012/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:00:00 +0000 Elsie http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=16312 I headed to the Cairngorms on Saturday with my friend Koon for our first winter climbs of the season...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/12/15/kicking-off-winter-20112012/feed/ 9 Scottish Dry Tooling Competition http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/11/18/scottish-dry-tooling-competition/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/11/18/scottish-dry-tooling-competition/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:00:00 +0000 Elsie http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=15954 I took part in the final round of the Scottish Tooling Series held at Glasgow Climbing Centre at the weekend. I wasn't sure what to file this random and bizarre sport under...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/11/18/scottish-dry-tooling-competition/feed/ 5 El Chorro http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/10/28/el-chorro/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/10/28/el-chorro/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Elsie http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=15662 I recently headed to El Chorro near Malaga in Spain with a group of friends for some Autumn sunshine, sport climbing, adventure and relaxation...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/08/09/lots-more-limestone-dolomites/feed/ 3 Stunning Switzerland http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/08/04/stunning-switzerland/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/08/04/stunning-switzerland/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Elsie http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=10433 I was lucky enough to have three weeks holiday this year so we headed off to Switzerland for the first five days.

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/08/04/stunning-switzerland/feed/ 9 Climbing in the four corners of Scotland http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/05/10/climbing-in-the-four-corners-of-scotland/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/05/10/climbing-in-the-four-corners-of-scotland/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 17:44:00 +0000 Elsie http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=9715 from Climbing in the four corners of Scotland

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