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From St Sunday Crag, Pinnacle Ridge
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From Oops, nearly forgot this one!
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From Castle Rock and Stone Circle
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From Three fantastic winter days in Scotland
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From Frendo-Ravanel, Part 2
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From Frendo-Ravanel, Part 1
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From Ben Nevis, Point Five Gully
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From Holme Fell Scramble and Letterboxing
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From The Climbers' Club AGM, aka
"The Face of Adventure Weekend Party"
Category: Climbing
Climbing – rock, ice, mountains, boulders, etc.
Sub-categorised for finer classification…
The bank-holiday weekend started off wet, and it had rained a fair bit on Friday, so we knew most crags would still be wet. Consequently after a short debate (unusually short for us, it normally takes ages to decide) as to what we should do and where we should go, we decided upon the classic …
Oops, I nearly forgot the fact that thanks to Richard making his regular visits to all the shops he looks after for Cordee in the Lakes, he and I grabbed a couple of routes after work on Monday evening at Raven Crag Walthwaite in Langdale…
The sun was shining but it was still a bit cool, so we had a short day on the beautiful rock at Castle Rock of Triermain.
We’ve just had three fantastic winter days in Scotland. Blue sky, hardly any wind, and lots and lots of ice.
The axe ripped. I was off! The air left my lungs involuntarily, sounding the alarm as it passed my vocal chords, its pitch raised. The sound of total, all-embracing, fear.
My alarm chirped into life, sounding every bit as pleased with itself as it usually did. It was 4am. I shuffled in my sleeping bag to free an arm to silence it and fumbled for my head torch.
Another night sleeping in the back of the car, another 4am alarm call, and another world-class classic Scottish winter route. This time on the mountain that some might consider to be the “crucible of Scottish winter climbing”, the north face of Ben Nevis.
The scramble up the west ridge of Raven Crag, leading up on to Holme Fell, is a lovely easy way to gain height. Perfect to blow the cobwebs out of our heads following last night’s party…
The Climbers’ Club AGM has for me been traditionally a great opportunity to meet up with friends, enjoy a slap up dinner, and get involved helping set the direction of those that manage the club
