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From A short break to Devonshire
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From Raven Crag East
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From Garburn Pass & Trowbarrow
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From Shoulder-iffic Gritstone
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From Bike & Climb: a skitour substitute at the german cradle of sport climbing
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From Arctic Invasion - record Red Rock temperatures!
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From Red Rocks
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From Do climbing trips get better than this?
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From Johnny Vegas
Category: Rock Climbing
Climbing rock (aka Free Climbing).
We took the week off work, but we didn’t really have any plans. We thought we’d just take it as it comes.
Dave and I enjoyed a wonderful summer-like day climbing on Raven Crag East in Langdale today. In weather like this the Lakes has to be one of the most beautiful places on Earth...
I sat on top, damp and cold, Laetitia stood at the bottom (wrapped in her duvet and waterproof jackets), wondering what to do next ... the rock dried off ...
After a weekend climbing gritstone in the Peak District my shoulders are tired. It seems that unlike crimpy rock like limestone, and even our local volcanic Lakeland rock, grit involves a far more all over body contribution. Specifically, finger strength is my usual weakness and my forearms are normally where I get pumped first, however, …
What to do if the weather is terrible over the Alps and no way our girls skitour adventure will happen at all? Instead of a snow adventure we decided it is time to welcome spring and go climbing and biking at the Frankenjura
Just our luck, mid-week saw all-time record low temperatures for December in Las Vegas! Tuesday it was 18°C and overnight saw Wednesday’s temperature plummet to -2°C. We’ve been ice climbing in warmer temperatures than this! :freeze:
After spending a week at home feeling very sorry for myself and full of flu, I decided I was no longer contagious and managed to drag myself out of the house and on to a plane. We were off to Las Vegas.
After our incredible rock climbing trip to Wadi Rum in Jordan last year, Carol, Amy, Ian and myself wondered if we would ever find anywhere else that would come close to being as amazing. A bit of research suggested that Tafraoute in Southern Morocco might be just what we were after. Interesting culture and beautiful …
Having rappelled this route (Johnny Vegas) on the decent from Solar Slab, albeit in the dark (see Tibor’s video post), we thought it looked interesting so returned to climb it later in the trip.
