Gogarth

Monday, 2nd August 2010

On Monday we headed out to Gogarth to take advantage of the fine weather...

BRO Call-out to Little Neath River Cave

Monday, 2nd August 2010

Rachel by the formations near the sump at the end of Bridge Cave. (Photo courtesy of Brendan Marris)

Wet caving in South Wales, including a rescue!

I know there’s a cave around here somewhere…

Tuesday, 29th June 2010

Another example of Brendan's brilliant caving photography.

Tooth cave, on the Gower, proves dry, interesting, and elusive...

North Wales is a sunny place after all…

Friday, 18th June 2010

Before I finally give up the life of a full time lay-about (aka rock climber) and go back to work, Jon and I had planned to go to North Wales to sample some of the world's best traditional rock climbing...

Dinas Mot

Monday, 24th May 2010

We had a lovely leisurely start to Sunday morning. Hanging out at Ynys, drinking tea, chatting, and eventually deciding where to climb. The problem was, it was all a bit too hot. We needed somewhere reasonably shaded and not too far to walk...

Ogwen CC Guidebook Launch

Monday, 24th May 2010

After a day climbing in the Ogwen valley at Milestone Buttress, where we did one of the most polished routes I’ve ever done, Super Direct. It starts with a shimmering layback and is followed by a slippery jamming crack. Although the polish does disappear on the shockingly exposed top pitch … perhaps most parties scamper …

Tremadog Festival

Monday, 26th April 2010

Filling the action photo gaps for the new Tremadog guidebook was the objective of this year’s BMC Tremadog Festival for the gathered group of CC guidebook workers… Steve (author) got this picture of me on Craig y Castell.