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 …
After a hot day at Black crag, what more could we want..... yes magnums delivered courtesy of Jon.... Mmmmmmmmmmmm.
Dave & Pippa took a trip down the Lune from Halton to Glasson Dock.
With glorious midweek weather in Borrowdale, we headed up to Christmas Crag to escape the crowds.....
Sarah had never been to Sergeant Crag Slabs so that’s where we went. Our routes included No More Motivation, a one star VS that no-one seems to do. As the day was very dry it was possible to ascend the initial green wall to some holds and gear. However, after that there was a long …
Summer is back!!!! We headed to Headend Quarry for an evening of climbing and beer at The old Crown.
Laetitia taking a swing on Red Wall – yes it is pretty steep! Laetitia, Paul and Pete were greeted by BMC signs informing us that peregrines were nesting at today’s venue – Warton Quarry. Not that we needed the signs to know that the warning in the guide book about possible nesting bird restrictions was …
Heavy rain and a cold northerly wind was forecast, so Kath, Dave, Paul, Laetitia and Pete [ed. oops, almost forgot Millie & Pippa] decided the best option for the weather was to go for a mountain bike round of Kentmere… The weather turned out better than forecast – only a few (cold) showers and quite …
Paul on Ethics of War We set off for Gimmer Crag in Langdale today – it was sunny, and the south facing buttress seemed like a good option. Fifteen minutes from the car we came over a rise and felt the teeth of the cold northerly wind! Gimmer was going to be cold! A quick …
