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From A Break in the Training
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From Fontainebleau Stop-off
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From Climbing with Laurence
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From Leonidio
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From Eagle Crag Grisedale to ourselves
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From Nab Crag and Wythburn Church
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From Vosges
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From Awesome Multi-Activity Weather in the Lakes
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From Waterval Boven
Category: Climbing
Climbing – rock, ice, mountains, boulders, etc.
Sub-categorised for finer classification…
Training for l’Etape du Tour had been going well, we’d even made our little 15 second “selfie videos” about our objectives for the Etape as requested by the Social Rider programme.
We’d travelled to the Chamonix in our van to give us some flexibility… Would the weather mean we’d need to go elsewhere? Would we drive to Zermatt? Would Brexit mean our return date needed to change? Would we want to stop off at Fontainebleau for some bouldering action on the way home? All of these …
We finally managed to sort out a date to visit Laurence in Sheffield. He’s already half ay through his second year, so it was about time! The forecast was for sun, so without asking Laurence what he wanted to do, we decided we simply had to go climbing. But instead of the many grit stone …
Leonidio is an amazing sport climbing destination! It’s as simple as that!
Another Bank Holiday weekend, hooray!
A new crag for us, near Thirlmere, not extensive but worth a visit.
On our trip south for the Marmotte we decided to break up the journey… This had several benefits – We visited Belgium and saw the Atomium in Brussels, We visited Luxembourg City, We saved a massive amount of money on tolls by not using French motorways, and We happened across the Vosges Mountains…
When the weather is as good as this the Lakes are unbeatable! Three super sunny days on a bank holiday weekend – brilliant. But for once we didn’t give every day over to rock climbing. Instead we made a plan that had each day dedicated to a different outdoor pursuit…
The next leg of our South African adventure was Waterfall Boven. I’ve been to Waterval Boven before on an international meet run by the Mountain Club of South Africa. It’s a great sport climbing venue, with a few high quality trad lines too, but it’s certainly the tough sport climbing here that gives it international …
