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Fiona & I had a great weekend in Snowdonia. Cragging at Little Tryfan on Saturday, knocked off half a dozen routes a great opportunity to practice setting up belays and confidence building for both me leading & Fi seconding. Sunday wasn’t looking so good on the weather front so we decided on a scramble up …
We’ve been to les Gaillands loads of times! And why not, it’s only 10 minutes walk from the town centre. A few rock climbs here are a great way to take it easy. Then, considering the backdrop (check it out in the two pictures taken by Ian) it has to be one of the best …
A bit of a preparation is probably a good idea before starting a long adventure like the Haute Route. In our case it was essential! After setting up a belay in the snow (Anna & Ian above), our first attempt a creating a ‘z’ pulley system to practice our crevasse rescue was a disaster. In …
So while the Sterlings and friends are wandering around the Alps on planks, some of us have been taking advantage of the jolly pleasent weather we’ve been having of late. Okay, truth be known, it was baking, so Howard, Sarah and I headed high and struggled up to Pavey Ark – as did everyone else …
It’s been a while coming, but here we are back in Chamonix with the classic traverse from Chamonix to Zermatt, the Haute Route, taking up the agenda for the next week! Ian has brought a series of ‘one-day’ sized maps to use on our adventure. Ye ha, can’t wait to have it done. Although I …
A very tough choice of venue today.
Lots of climbers, fickle weather, and tired legs...
We set out for Borrowdale today, wanting a short walk-in after a week that had seen us on Ben Nevis and Pavey Ark...
One of my favourite paces to climb is Pavey Ark...
After some hectic carpet laying, to make Paul’s bedroom habitable for his stay with us over the Easter Bank Holiday, we headed out to see just how good some of the bouldering in Kentmere is. We’ve been to Badger Rock a couple of times, but haven’t tried any of the many other concentrations of bouldering. …
