http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog The latest reports of world wide rock & ice climbing (and other extreme) fun and adventure! Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:02:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 en http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/08/25/chamonix-interlude/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/08/25/chamonix-interlude/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:49:22 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=2295 ... we departed the Bernese Oberland and, incidentally, why Keith and Fiona quit the Bregalia. Fickle weather, to say the least. Texts went back and forth and Chamonix was decided upon ... ]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/08/25/chamonix-interlude/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/08/24/dorenaz/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/08/24/dorenaz/#comments Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:33:23 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=2291 Well, I guess it could be anywhere but its part of my exploration of the Swiss play-crags... ]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/08/24/dorenaz/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/22/the-tall-ships/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/22/the-tall-ships/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:46:49 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=2017 A slight digression from our normal theme but I thought your readers might like these shots of the Tall Ships in the Mersey yesterday... ]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/22/the-tall-ships/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/16/postcard-from-the-dolomites/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/16/postcard-from-the-dolomites/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:10:11 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=1960 Terry's famous postcard series continues, this time from the Dolomites... ]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/16/postcard-from-the-dolomites/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/13/monte-poperna-basso/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/13/monte-poperna-basso/#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:37:02 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=1939 The day was dubious anyway and called for something low down... ]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/13/monte-poperna-basso/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/10/dolomite-update/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/10/dolomite-update/#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:29:26 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=1905 Pending the impending kat-card, here's quick update on our climbing activities so far in the Dolomites... ]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/10/dolomite-update/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/02/a-day-in-cambridge/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/02/a-day-in-cambridge/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:55:11 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=1890 Amy and Terry take a trip down the Cam...... ]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/02/a-day-in-cambridge/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/06/24/kettle-crag-langdale/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/06/24/kettle-crag-langdale/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:36:06 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=1868 Anybody ever heard of it? Anybody been there? Chances are that if you were working from Max's guidebook, you probably didn't find it...]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/06/24/kettle-crag-langdale/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/06/08/an-idle-weekend/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/06/08/an-idle-weekend/#comments Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:15:37 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=1831 Ynys had been so good the weekend before that we decided to go again... ]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/06/08/an-idle-weekend/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/06/01/in-pursuit-of-the-ideal-crack/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/06/01/in-pursuit-of-the-ideal-crack/#comments Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:55:24 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=1805 Mindful of Keith's comments below, Terry with Chris set off not for Stanage but North Wales in search of cracks... ]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/06/01/in-pursuit-of-the-ideal-crack/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/05/18/cc-aspirants-meet-vol-ii/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/05/18/cc-aspirants-meet-vol-ii/#comments Sun, 18 May 2008 22:59:40 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=1771 Terry and aspirant, Chris, headed to the Meet on Saturday lunch time and hit the Pass in equivocal weather. Very cold and threatening rain and nobody else about so we headed for Dinas Bach...]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/05/18/cc-aspirants-meet-vol-ii/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/05/13/fine-weather-continues-in-langdale/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/05/13/fine-weather-continues-in-langdale/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 19:35:19 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=1744 After a wonderful weekend in Langdale for our BBQ and slide show, Terry and Chris returned for more of the same on Tuesday...]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/05/13/fine-weather-continues-in-langdale/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/03/29/canada-winter-2008-epilogue/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/03/29/canada-winter-2008-epilogue/#comments Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:42:28 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/03/29/canada-winter-2008-epilogue/ Well, Paul has written the last chapter so all that remains is the Epilogue for this holiday, one of the best and most enjoyable ice trips yet... ]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/03/29/canada-winter-2008-epilogue/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/03/28/canada-winter-2008-interlude/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/03/28/canada-winter-2008-interlude/#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:45:20 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/03/28/canada-winter-2008-interlude/ Rick told us before we came to Canada that we should bring our rock shoes so he could show us his new 'secret' winter sun crag... ]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/03/28/canada-winter-2008-interlude/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/03/27/canada-winter-2008-prologue/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/03/27/canada-winter-2008-prologue/#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:02:35 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/03/27/canada-winter-2008-prologue/ We'd never been so late before and were unsure as to what we might find. Val greeted us with dire warnings avalanches and forebodings of death... ]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/03/27/canada-winter-2008-prologue/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/03/23/easter-in-langdale/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/03/23/easter-in-langdale/#comments Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:23:05 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/03/23/easter-in-langdale/ Saturday turned out quite sunny though bitterly cold and with snow flurrys...]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/03/23/easter-in-langdale/feed/