Month: April 2009

More Climbing Pic St Loup

Thursday, 16th April 2009

High above the road between St Martin de Londres and Ganges lies St Josef...

Climbing at Pic St Loup

Tuesday, 14th April 2009

Terry and John Hollands are climbing at Pic St Loup, near Montpellier...

Petite Aiguille Verte

Monday, 13th April 2009

We'd set the alarm to get us out early today; it failed!

Galloway Sea Cliffs, Miekle Ross

Sunday, 12th April 2009

To make up for the disappointment of not going to Pembroke and enjoying the fantastic weather (thanks again Met Office :angry: ), after much “Where shall we go?”, Ben and I headed out west of Dumfries to Miekle Ross… What do you mean you’ve never heard of it? Okay, fair enough, nor had I, but …

Bravo Lapp – Pissevache

Saturday, 11th April 2009

It was cloudy in the valley today so we decided to venture in to Switzerland to try out Bravo Lapp - a route recommended to us by Henri Bouillet, a great friend of Smiler.

Cracked it…

Saturday, 11th April 2009

With the forecast amended to sunshine, but with a cool air temp ruling out the high crags, to escape the crowds in Borrowdale Ben and I chose Gouther Crag in Swindale for a bit of trad mileage.

Plan B and Progress

Friday, 10th April 2009

With a bank holiday weekend to play with, a trip to Pembroke for some sun-kissed sea cliff action seemed the way forward. As the weather forecast nose-dived as the weekend approached though, a late call to instigate Plan B was made.