Sterling Adventures » Ice Climbing 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 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 A Close Encounter of the Unexpected Kind http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/03/08/a-close-encounter-of-the-unexpected-kind/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/03/08/a-close-encounter-of-the-unexpected-kind/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=12752 How many times have we all walked into Evan Thomas creek down Kananaskis?

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/03/08/a-close-encounter-of-the-unexpected-kind/feed/ 8 Frendo-Ravanel http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/03/05/frendo-ravanel/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/03/05/frendo-ravanel/#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2011 22:32:26 +0000 Laetitia http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=12729 The forecast had been for snow, snow, and more snow, but what we got was sun, sun, and more sun, and the occasional early morning cloud.

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/03/05/frendo-ravanel/feed/ 7 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 Snow and Ice – Brevent et La Cremerie http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/02/06/snow-and-ice-brevent-et-la-cremerie/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/02/06/snow-and-ice-brevent-et-la-cremerie/#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2011 20:40:21 +0000 Laetitia http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=12471 We're in Chamonix for a long weekend....

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/02/06/snow-and-ice-brevent-et-la-cremerie/feed/ 3 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/2010/04/20/some-rock-some-snow-some-more-rock-and-some-more-snow/feed/ 3 La Crèmerie http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/03/15/cremerie/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/03/15/cremerie/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:02:16 +0000 Laetitia http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=8849 Richard's legs were hurting, so we went ice climbing...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/02/21/beinn-udlaidh-smirk/feed/ 1 A bit of snow and a bit of sun -A Stella Artice moment http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/02/18/a-bit-of-snow-and-a-bit-of-sun-a-stella-artice-moment/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/02/18/a-bit-of-snow-and-a-bit-of-sun-a-stella-artice-moment/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:50:52 +0000 Laetitia http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=8523 Yesterday it snowed, but today was glorious...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/02/18/a-bit-of-snow-and-a-bit-of-sun-a-stella-artice-moment/feed/ 3 Two more days, Two more mega ice routes http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/02/15/two-more-days-two-more-mega-ice-routes/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/02/15/two-more-days-two-more-mega-ice-routes/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:01:22 +0000 Pete http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=8438 I got some super tasty and creamy chocolate from my Valentine. Then we went ice climbing...

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