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From BMC AGM Thoughts
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From Couple of Days of Work & a Big "Pikey Dodging" Cycle Ride
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From More awesome Bank Holiday weather
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From Awesome Multi-Activity Weather in the Lakes
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From The National Trust; For ever, for everyone
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From Always inventing stuff - Mark Vallance
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From Panoramic Route
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From Sabi Sand Game Reserve Safari
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From Waterval Boven
Author: Pete
Founder of Sterling Adventures!
I’ve never written anything quite like this before so bear with me for the ride… June 2018 was a tough AGM for the BMC The BMC has been going through a tough time for the past 24 or so months and because of that the 2018 AGM, held in Kendal on 16th June, was perhaps …
The weekend was dominated by two days of work, but at least it was fun work – mostly gorge bashing with super exciting big jumps in to pools of lovely cool Lakeland water…
While the south of England is cloaked in fog and Birmingham suffers from flash flooding the north west is continuing to bask in glorious wall-to-wall sunshine!
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 bold proclamation of the National Trust – For ever, for everyone. It sounds great doesn’t it? The thing is, having spent six months of 2017 as a NT employee, I have a worrying feeling about the organisation that has motivated me to put these words together…
So sad to hear that Mark Vallance has passed away. He was a good friend, and him being “the” guy that brought us cams, i.e. “Friends”, we all owe him at least a moment of thanks. Of course not only did he transform most climber’s lives but he helped transform the BMC and the CC …
After our amazing safari experience the final part of our South African adventure was to take in the Panoramic Route on our way back to Johannesburg…
This was it, the main event, the most exciting part of our trip to South Africa – a Safari…
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 …
