Sterling Adventures » Rock 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 Cold Capella http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2012/01/14/cold-capella/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2012/01/14/cold-capella/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:37:27 +0000 Pete http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=16926 Wow, the first awesome weather in the Lakes for what seems like weeks and weeks, and we were at home… We weren’t the only ones to think that, the car park at the New Dungeon Ghyll was very full. Despite the temperatures being in the minus small numbers in the valley we know of a [...]

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2012/01/14/cold-capella/feed/ 2 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/2011/10/28/el-chorro/feed/ 3 Tahoe wrap up… http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/10/17/tahoe-wrap-up/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/10/17/tahoe-wrap-up/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:02:36 +0000 Pete http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=15523 A final report to wrap up our adventures in Tahoe, California...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/10/17/tahoe-wrap-up/feed/ 13 Echo Lake & Lovers’ Leap East Wall http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/10/10/echo-lake-lovers-leap-east-wall/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/10/10/echo-lake-lovers-leap-east-wall/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 04:21:41 +0000 Pete http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=15474 Two more sunny days of Tahoe area rock climbing...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/10/10/echo-lake-lovers-leap-east-wall/feed/ 7 Hooray, it’s sunny again! http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/10/08/hooray-its-sunny-again/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/10/08/hooray-its-sunny-again/#comments Sat, 08 Oct 2011 05:15:51 +0000 Pete http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=15438 Thankfully it has stopped snowing and the sun has come out to play! Although it is still quite cold, just 7°C in the shade, so we chose a super sunny venue...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/10/05/tahoe/feed/ 9 Summer Is (Still) Here! http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/10/03/summer-is-still-here/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/10/03/summer-is-still-here/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:26:24 +0000 Dalma http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=15388 The weather was not only nice to the English this weekend but also to the Hungarian. So we used one of the last summer weekends and went out to have some fun at a Hungarian limestone quarry I posted on a few months earlier.

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/10/03/summer-is-still-here/feed/ 1 Tough Hungarians in Rough North Wales http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/09/25/tough-hungarians-in-rough-north-wales/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/09/25/tough-hungarians-in-rough-north-wales/#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:47:56 +0000 Dalma http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=15292 Long time ago, back in April, Istvan and Dalma planned a trip to England to visit friends and relatives and sample some superb English rock...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/09/25/tough-hungarians-in-rough-north-wales/feed/ 7 Stanage Rendezvous http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/09/19/stanage-rendezvous/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/09/19/stanage-rendezvous/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:47:12 +0000 Pete http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=15201 Following on from Saturday's caving trip and Rachel's early-birthday-celebration dinner in the Scotsman's Pack in Hathersage we were lucky enough to have a reasonable forecast for Sunday ...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/09/19/stanage-rendezvous/feed/ 2 Jenna’s Back on Rock! http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/08/15/jennas-back-on-rock/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/08/15/jennas-back-on-rock/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:02:46 +0000 Dalma http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=14913 After a month of forced rest Jenna tried her ankle at the Wasserfall Klettergarten yesterday...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/08/15/jennas-back-on-rock/feed/ 1 Blast Off! http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/08/15/blast-off/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/08/15/blast-off/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:00:00 +0000 Paul http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=14912 Saturday morning saw me leaving sunny Barnsley for a damp Fisherfield campsite in Eskdale...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/08/15/blast-off/feed/ 4 A Little Afternoon Fun http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/08/13/a-little-afternoon-fun/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/08/13/a-little-afternoon-fun/#comments Sat, 13 Aug 2011 08:34:12 +0000 Dalma http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=14870 Two stressful weeks of hard work after my lovely holiday in the Écrins were too much to bear! My system cried for rock and I just could not wait until the weekend, I had to go immediately...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/07/31/botterils-slab/feed/ 2 Saved by the birds! http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/07/18/saved-by-the-birds/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/07/18/saved-by-the-birds/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:00:00 +0000 Paul http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=14572 The Arete Welsh meet was based in Helyg and despite the Met Office promise of monsoon rains four more members joined me on Friday night...

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