Joint Climbers Club and Wayfarers’ Club Meet
Category: Rock Climbing
Climbing rock (aka Free Climbing).
A Deranged Body Clock – Costa Blanca New Year
My body clock told me I should be climbing ice but, for one reason or another, here we were at Calpe with Ernie, half the FRCC and Terry Gifford not too far away. New Years Eve bolt clipping on Toix Placca. Well, could be worse π Sunset from the Toix looking south down Costa Blanca …
Red Rocks Climbing
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. …
Snow and Sun
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 …
El Potrero Chico
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 …
Mexican Climbing
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 …
Windgather and the Roaches
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), …
Terry takes us to ‘Jack Scout Crag’
The team spread out on Jack Scout Crag in the November sunshine. π 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 …
Jack Scout Crag
Sunday morning was so wet in Ormskirk that Chris and I called off our trip to the Lakes. My powers of alchemy, over the weather, were obviously failing (like everything else!). Then, by late morning, we saw the fine weather further north, so set off for the Carnforth area and some limestone. On the way …