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From Shadow Buttress A
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From Strasbourg, Fontainebleau, and traveling home...
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From A Quick Ice Fix in Cogne
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From Arctic Invasion - record Red Rock temperatures!
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From Red Rocks
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From Do climbing trips get better than this?
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From Johnny Vegas
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From Solar Slab, Red Rocks in Nevada
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From Alpine Club Lakes Winter Lectures
Category: Climbing
Climbing – rock, ice, mountains, boulders, etc.
Sub-categorised for finer classification…
Last weekend I climbed Yukon Jack in Coire an T-Sneachda with Adrian. It was a nice climb to start the winter climbing season. But this weekend, we wanted to get away from the crowds and head somewhere different. The weather looked better in the East, so we thought Lochnagar might be a good alternative.
Our holiday was coming to an end and we had to start thinking about driving home.
We took a little time out of Chamonix and headed over (or should I say under) the border to Cogne for some ice climbing.
Just our luck, mid-week saw all-time record low temperatures for December in Las Vegas! Tuesday it was 18°C and overnight saw Wednesday’s temperature plummet to -2°C. We’ve been ice climbing in warmer temperatures than this! :freeze:
After spending a week at home feeling very sorry for myself and full of flu, I decided I was no longer contagious and managed to drag myself out of the house and on to a plane. We were off to Las Vegas.
After our incredible rock climbing trip to Wadi Rum in Jordan last year, Carol, Amy, Ian and myself wondered if we would ever find anywhere else that would come close to being as amazing. A bit of research suggested that Tafraoute in Southern Morocco might be just what we were after. Interesting culture and beautiful …
Having rappelled this route (Johnny Vegas) on the decent from Solar Slab, albeit in the dark (see Tibor’s video post), we thought it looked interesting so returned to climb it later in the trip.
My first time climbing in the outstanding Red Rocks in Nevada… Solar Slab route was super busy with climbers due to the nearby RR Canyon State Park being affected by the US government temporary shutdown.
The Alpine Club Lakes Lectures – November to March, 7.30pm Free Admission at Hawkshead Brewery, Staveley, near Kendal, LA8 9LR
