Sterling Adventures » Terry 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 Give the Ice a Chance! http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2012/02/10/give-the-ice-a-chance/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2012/02/10/give-the-ice-a-chance/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=17377 Just getting into the swing of it again. Been very warm here but forecast minus 12°C tonight with high minus 5°C tomorrow...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2012/02/10/give-the-ice-a-chance/feed/ 2 Aiguille Dibona http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/08/16/aiguille-dibona/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/08/16/aiguille-dibona/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:00:00 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=14933 I didn’t have any great aspirations for Alpine routes on the recent joint AC/CC/FRCC/Wayfarers’ meet to Ailefroide but thought that it would be good to tick-off the Dibona...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/08/16/aiguille-dibona/feed/ 7 We Meet the Hungarians http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/06/14/we-meet-the-hungarians/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/06/14/we-meet-the-hungarians/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:00:00 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=14079 Our last day of holiday coincided with the Hungarians' first...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/06/14/we-meet-the-hungarians/feed/ 6 Veliki Cuk http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/06/13/veliki-cuk/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/06/13/veliki-cuk/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=14070 Following Dalma's good recommendation, after our rest, we went to do Sjeverno rebro on Veliki Cuk...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/06/13/veliki-cuk/feed/ 3 Anica Kuk http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/06/07/anica-kuk/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/06/07/anica-kuk/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:53:07 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=13866 Terry & John Hollands are in Paklenica, Croatia. As is often the case, our eyes were bigger than the rest of our faculties and we decided to go first off for the absolute classic of the area...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/03/08/a-close-encounter-of-the-unexpected-kind/feed/ 8 Rjukan long weekend http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/02/10/rjukan-long-weekend/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/02/10/rjukan-long-weekend/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:00:00 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=12508 A party of six Wayfarers joined Smiler's CC meet to Rjukan this week...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/02/10/rjukan-long-weekend/feed/ 7 Early Season Ice in Wales http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/12/08/early-season-ice-in-wales/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/12/08/early-season-ice-in-wales/#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=11826 Well, we can't easily get to Scotland but Ogwen is presently an ice paradise...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/08/18/north-ridge-piz-badile/feed/ 9 A Thorn Amongst Roses http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/06/16/a-thorn-amongst-roses/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/06/16/a-thorn-amongst-roses/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=5752 It need not concern us here how Terry came to be invited on Reg Pillinger's 'Private' meet at the Downes Hut for those who had made guidebook contributions over the years...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/06/16/a-thorn-amongst-roses/feed/ 2 Craig Yr Wrysgan http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/06/08/craigyr-wrysgan/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/06/08/craigyr-wrysgan/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:06:01 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=5630 The fine weather earlier this week disorientated Vikki such that she believed she was still in Spain and wanted to go climbing!!

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/06/08/craigyr-wrysgan/feed/ 4 Kirkus’s Route Cwm Silyn http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/06/02/kirkuss-route-cwm-silyn/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/06/02/kirkuss-route-cwm-silyn/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:28:30 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=5610 Well, it wasn't just Pete and Tish who were up high over the glorious weekend...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/06/02/kirkuss-route-cwm-silyn/feed/ 2 Pembroke (the B-Team’s Bank Holiday) http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/06/02/pembroke-the-b-teams-bank-holiday/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/06/02/pembroke-the-b-teams-bank-holiday/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:46:13 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=5585 If one half the club was in Cornwall over Bank Holiday weekend, the other half was in Pembroke...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/05/06/eanie-meanie-minei-mo/feed/ 5 Can’t start ‘em young enough http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/04/26/cant-start-em-young-enough/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2009/04/26/cant-start-em-young-enough/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:59:37 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=5056 I came across this young lady, taking some tentative steps...

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