Skip to content
Month: June 2007
Checking out a new venue recommended by Ian, La Joux, just outside Chamonix was fun. Although, being next to a mountain stream and pasture ensured that the monster horse flies ate more of our blood than we ate French bread and cheese at lunch time! After some fun cragging we went to Argentiere to meet …
Hey Kats, Well, if summer has been and gone in England [Ed. and Wales], it’s certainly happening in the [Ed. Canadian] Rockies. We all know Evan-Thomas creek in winter but here is Mount Evan-Thomas just the other day, climbed by our good pals Everett and Doug. I had been thinking of returning to Europe this …
Laetitia’s aspirant partner, Alastair crossing Castell Helen to start Lighthouse Arete Direct (5a) We were super lucky at this year’s CC Aspirant members meet – the weather forecast looked poor. Whilst many headed for the reliability of Tremadog, we chose wisely and went to a sunny and dry (but a little windy) Anglesey to visit …
9 hours of Saturday was spent in a racing yacht, taking part in the Round the Island Race; one of the most famous yachting races in the world, around the Isle of Wight. Having never been in a sailing yacht before, this was an experience. There were 1700 boats involved and the start and finish …
The theme (look and feel) used for Sterling Adventures has been developed with lots of love and care! Although it probably still isn’t anywhere near perfect (or even working in some places – software is never bug-free), but I am fairly proud of it. 😳 So, I think some of it is now at a …
In between monsoon-like showers we fitted in a scramble up Sharp Edge, Blencathra.
In their centenary year, the Wayfarers are committed to climb every Kirkus route in the land. Not to be left out, Wayfarers centenary President, Dennis Davis, was determined to do his bit. Dennis is now aged 80 years and, in his day, was one of the most forminable Himalayan climbers in the world. Way ahead …
As the weather had destroyed any chance of getting any interesting caving done over the weekend myself and Andy headed off to a flooded quarry in Cromhall, Gloucestershire. The aim was to test some kit configurations for use on holiday and also test some recently serviced equipment. All the kit worked well. My new configuration …
Dave gets physical with a lump hammer again...
