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Tremadog Launch Party

Pete — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 23:44:54 +0000

The editor and the Climbers’ Club invite you and a guest to the Caban, Pen-y-Pass Café on Saturday 6 November 2010 from 7.00pm...

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Clogwyn y Fulfran

Pete — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 09:22:05 +0000

A Climbers' Club Publication Sub Committee meeting took me to Wales this weekend...

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New Tremadog Guidebook Reviews…

Pete — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:14:52 +0000

The new CC Tremadog guidebook is already getting some amazing praise from all over the place. If you notice something mentioning the new guidebook please post a comment (and link) here. Both positive and negative reviews are valuable; there’s always room for improvement… Oh dear, this new Tremadog Guide is so fantastic I can’t put [...]

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Tremadog – the stars are here!

Pete — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:20:30 +0000

I'm the only person in the world who can turn up at Tremadog and go climbing with coloured stars in my pocket!

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Chee Dale

Pete — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:43:32 +0000

Paul had selected another awesome Peak District venue to expand my knowledge of the area: Chee Dale...

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Tremadog is off to the printers!

Pete — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:46:57 +0000

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! The return of stars to Tremadog; the new Climbers’ Club definitive Tremadog guidebook… The [...]

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North Wales is a sunny place after all…

Pete — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:51:09 +0000

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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Ogwen CC Guidebook Launch

Pete — Mon, 24 May 2010 08:31:13 +0000

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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Tremadog Festival

Pete — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:35:32 +0000

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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Deep Fried Mars Bar Hunt Ends…

Pete — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:47:12 +0000

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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CC Welsh Dinner

Laetitia — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:16:42 +0000

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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Stanage

Pete — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:58:15 +0000

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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Lundy Rock Climbing

Pete — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:48:45 +0000

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

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Lofoten – The Facts and Logistics

Laetitia — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:45:43 +0000

After a few blogs which included our adventures while we were in Lofoten - climbing, ice-cream and beer - I thought I'd add one more about the Lofoten facts and logistics...

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A Thorn Amongst Roses

Terry — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

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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Ogwen & Tremadog

Pete — Sun, 31 May 2009 08:07:46 +0000

Work on the new Ogwen and Tremadog guidebooks continues at a pace...

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