Author: Pete
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The weather turned out far better than we’d expected, so after some discussion drinking tea in Longlands Cafe, a trip to Horseshoe Quarry was quickly organised before Laetitia had to rush off to the CC committee meeting in Grindleford. Leaving Paul and I to carry on climbing in the sun. We enjoyed the safe (bolted …
Another sunny day in the Chamonix valley, and another chance to get some cragging done while Britain suffered in the floods! 8) This time we chose another new venue; Le Chapeau. These amazing granite slabs test your ability to stand on nothing and trust the friction of the rough granite to what felt like the …
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 …
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 …
Another week at work, another opportunity to sample some of London’s eateries! However, this week I was joined by Laetitia, Dave and Justin. Dave and Justin were in London for a few days with their company Lyon Equipment running a stall at a trade fair – something about rope access for theatres, and obviously London …
We’d gone down to the Cark Drop Zone to see if we could do some sky diving there; it was shut! So we settled for an inspiring walk out onto the beach (Morecambe Bay sands) at Humphrey Head. I recognised the name but wasn’t sure why until we saw the chalk left on the rock …
To round off an excellent day, except for hurting my thumb, we enjoyed an awesome BBQ on the shore of Derwent water… We even fed some of the ducks, check out Sarah ‘hand’ feeding them…
Today’s great plan was to give Grand Alliance (the ultra classic E4 of Black Crag, Borrowdale) a shot! “Before”; Starting Prana I thought I’d warm up, and check out how strong the fingers felt, by repeating it’s neighbour, Prana, an amazing E3… When I last climbed Prana the crux was reaching a crucial positive hold …
Terry’s trip report from the Costa Durada, near Barcelona, came in ‘pre-internet’ form; a postcard! I’m sure Terry got some great climbing done in Spain. But he has asked the obvious question – why does he call us cats? Oh, and what does that Spanish on the postcard say?