Category: Rock Climbing
Climbing rock (aka Free Climbing).
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...
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...
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 the mega rain yesterday and last night, there was no hope of a big day today. So after breakfast in bed we headed up to the Index for a half day with moderate altitude to get a little acclimatised just in case the weather gets better later in the week...
We woke up to beautiful blue skies, but we knew the weather wouldn't last. The forecast was for rain by early afternoon, so we decided to find a route with a short approach. We chose the "capital of science-friction"...
Another damp start, but after some tea at Shepherds Cafe, the sun came out (a bit) and Paul and I headed off to Falcon Crag...