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From Into the Wild, Vallon de Berard
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From Esk Buttress
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From Gouther & Jackdaw Scar Crags
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From Spring Bank on Spring Bank
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From Dürnstein
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From Slape Crags, Carrock Fell
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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 Climbing in Railay, Thailand
Category: Rock Climbing
Climbing rock (aka Free Climbing).
We’ve come to Chamonix for the weekend for a quick fix of Alpine Rock adventure.
I reckon one of the more remote and wonderful Lakeland valleys is Eskdale. However, it's a longish walk to get there, one is out of sight of all sign's modern life such as roads, and there's hardly even any paths...
Two weekends of fine weather! I can’t remember when that last happened, I just hope – with every fibre of my being – that it can continue…
We had planned to go to Skye for the Spring Bank holiday, but Pete was still recovering from a bad cold and we didn’t feel up for the journey. Instead, the forecast was good for the Lakes, so we decided to stay at home.
After more than six months break - and a bit of back and waist problems in the meantime - I finally managed to get out on rock again! Could I have picked a more scenic location for the big occasion than Dürnstein in Niederösterreich? Well, probably yes, but certainly not as close to Budapest! Dürnstein is ca. 80 kms from Vienna, it's an old little village lying at the Danube, with impressive rock towers and a castle ruin which was built around the rocks.
As Ian’s post shows, Monday’s weather dawned very disappointingly! The wall-to-wall sunshine promised by the weather forecasters just wasn’t to be seen. We procrastinated for a couple of hours knowing that early starts are unwise for rock climbing at this time of year, thus allowing the rock to warm up.
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.
I’ve thought about a climbing adventure to Thailand for years, but I’ve always been a bit nervous about taking the trip. I’d heard it was hot, hard, and getting more and more touristy, but I’d also heard it’s amazing, beautiful, and the Thai people are lovely … “the land of a thousand smiles”.
