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Category: Climbing

Climbing – rock, ice, mountains, boulders, etc.
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Sunshine on Pot Scar

Sunday, 25th March 2012

It was still sunny on Sunday, and even warmer, and we realised we hadn’t had tea and cake for ages and ages and ages, so I decided a crag very close to a cafe was required…. Pot Scar just above Feizor.

Sunshine on Gimmer

Sunday, 25th March 2012

As Haskett Smith recorded in 1894 in his Climbing in the British Isles, “… There are times even in the Lake District when the rain ceases and the sun shines, and it is then that the climber should gambol upon this crag.”

Gillercombe Buttress Revisited

Sunday, 25th March 2012

Terry likes to climb Gillercombe Buttress about this time of year as a nice warm up to the season.

Llanberis Slate

Monday, 19th March 2012

After a heavy rain shower in the early hours of Sunday morning we decided our best option to find some quick drying rock was to visit the slate quarries above Llanberis.

The Ghost – part 2 – ‘Fang and Fist’

Monday, 27th February 2012

Following our reports of easy access to the Ghost, the others decided they must go in.

The Ghost – Part 1

Saturday, 25th February 2012

We hardly made it along highway 1A, so deep was the fresh snow and I was starting to have doubts as regards the wisdom of this trip.

Le Weekend

Monday, 20th February 2012

Just a quick one from me – sorry, no photos. Saturday – Kendal Wall. If you fall off whilst trying to clip above you, you go a looong way, no surprises there. However, if you try and inadvertantly slow yourself down by hitting your arse on all the holds on the adjacent wall, don’t expect …