Category: Climbing
Climbing – rock, ice, mountains, boulders, etc.
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After yesterday's exertions, it was back to Castle Crag today. While Pete battled on the North crag with Thirlmere Eliminate, Anna and I stayed on the south side and chose Gazebo...
Bloody hell - that top pitch is a sandbag! We'd backed off Thirlmere Eliminate before when we found the sloping ledge below the final crux pitch running with water. So, to put things straight we went back...
Saturday morning at Helyg dawned dry but cool so the east face of Tryfan was deemed suitable for the assembled team of six...
After the excitement of the steam train in the morning we rushed over to Crummackdale to meet up with Anna and Ian for some single pitch limestone adventure...
OK so we've been back over a week, but I don't seem to have as much time to post as everyone else seems to manage. Anyhow Dave E, Fiona, Phil, Tony, Chris and I all had great time in the Dolomites...
We decided to check out the new CC hut in Grange this weekend and what a pleasant surprise. Not only is it a wonderful hut but an old friend and new CC member...
Today it rained. Today it rained a lot. After festering in the apartment for most of he day we decided to visit the climbing wall in Les Houches.
After spending an age looking through all the guidebooks for a suitable route we came to the last route in Michel Piola's Mont Blanc topo guide...
After a leisurely start we took the lift up to the Aiguille du Midi and made the fearful descent down the ridge to the Col du Midi. Our plan was to acclimatise today in readiness for tomorrow's big adventure...
