Category: Climbing
Climbing – rock, ice, mountains, boulders, etc.
Sub-categorised for finer classification…
After two days of hard gardening it was time to do some hard climbing to justify calling ourselves climbers! But with a poor holiday forecast (thundery showers!), where to go? The answer, the south facing sheltered limestone of Trowbarrow. We’ve been here once before to tick the easier classics Jean Jeanie (VS) and Assagai (HVS). …
It was our turn to pay back some of the sweat Dave had suffered digging the ground for our patio a couple of years ago; today we helped lift the turf where the new green house is due to rise from the ground next week. It was hard work, lifting the turf whilst keeping the …
After the wonderful dinner and wine last night we felt a little tired this morning and so we headed up to Quayfoot Buttress, Borrowdale for a short approach to a not too long climb...
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 …
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 …
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...
