Sterling Adventures

The new guidebook by Steve Long, with maps & topos drawn by Don Sargeant and layout & editing by Peter Sterling has gone to the printers! It won’t be long now until we can all get our hands on a copy!

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Before I finally give up the life of a full time lay-about (aka rock climber) and go back to work, Jon and I had planned to go to North Wales to sample some of the world's best traditional rock climbing...

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After a day climbing in the Ogwen valley at Milestone Buttress, where we did one of the most polished routes I’ve ever done, Super Direct. It starts with a shimmering layback and is followed by a slippery jamming crack. Although the polish does disappear on the shockingly exposed top pitch … perhaps most parties scamper [...]

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Filling the action photo gaps for the new Tremadog guidebook was the objective of this year’s BMC Tremadog Festival for the gathered group of CC guidebook workers… Steve (author) got this picture of me on Craig y Castell.

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The deep fried Mars bar … a Scottish classic? I’ve been working in Livingston (near Edinburgh) for the past eight months; working away from home and living out of a suitcase in a hotel (albeit a nice one) has been a horrible chore. Although it has allowed me to get stuck in to the new [...]

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Saturday dawned and there was a little mist hanging in the valley. The mist soon cleared and suddenly we had a glorious day for climbing...

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After a little debate about where to go, some faffing packing up our decorating clothes, and a short wait for the birthday-boy Boris to arrive, we decided to head off for the Peak's premier gritstone crag - Stanage...

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Our "summer" holiday this year was to join the CC meet to Lundy. What an amazing place...

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