Category: Climbing
Climbing – rock, ice, mountains, boulders, etc.
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After a day of short bolted routes, we decided to go back to the more fun traditional multi pitch climbs, but we would stick to ones in the sun (but keeping the grades reasonably moderate to look after Pete’s finger tendon injury)… On Tuesday we started with the first on our tick list – Geronimo. …
Check out the snow in the background! Yesterday we got up early – still used to UK time – so we made our way to the Red Rock Loop Road, hitting the Visitors Centre just after it opened at 8am. It was a cold morning, but that didn’t deter us, so we started the loop …
Terry and Vikki, together with Everett and Lucille from Canmore (Canada) met up to climb in El Potrero Chico near Monterrey in Mexico at the end of November, a time when the weather is particularly amenable to rock climbing around there. Terry and Everett take trip to the desert, not far from Hidalgo, the base …
Saturday dawned sunny but cold and windy so after doing some chores I headed out into the Peak. Unfortunately when I reached Burbage Bridge the sun had gone and rain was threatening. Having come this far I opted for Higgar Tor East, sheltered from the cold SW wind. There was enough dry rock for an …
After a hair raising drive through Monterrey, we arrived at Hidaglo, a sprawling Mexican town dominated by the cement factory. The thing that struck me immediately was the number of emaciated dogs around the place, some lying on the road, others chasing cars. We stopped on the roadside to study the final directions to the …
After a sedentary weekend at the Kendal Film Festival, I felt the urge for a good ‘blast’ on Tuesday. Nothing too far away, with the short days, and Longsleddale came to mind. So Chris and I set of for ‘Sadgill Wall, only to be met by an army of hostile sheep. No need to tell …
We are lucky to be able to help out at the annual Kendal Mountain (Film) Festival. We don’t have difficult jobs – door staff checking people’s tickets and other easy stuff like that. But we do enjoy the event enormously and get a privileged opportunity to see all the movies etc. This year one of …
The boulderers tell us that zero deg C is best for friction. Well, although Tuesday dawned beautiful and clear, it was in fact fff..ing fffreezing, with a wind chill too. So, maybe Windgather wasn’t a good choice, with just a hint of slippiness as well? We took photo opportunities, to emulate the Rockfax shot (p114), …
The team spread out on Jack Scout Crag in the November sunshine. 😀 Terry has been to Jack Scout crag before and it seemed like a good venue following the fireworks and booze of the evening before. A sunny aspect, short lines and something for everyone, even me with my injured tendon – no climbing …