It is six weeks until Rob Greenwood, Matt Pycroft and myself head to Patagonia, hopefully to climb Cerro Torre. It’s a beautiful mountain, its difficulty almost at odds with its…
It is six weeks until Rob Greenwood, Matt Pycroft and myself head to Patagonia, hopefully to climb Cerro Torre. It’s a beautiful mountain, its difficulty almost at odds with its…
It has been a busy summer. Not one with hard rock climbing, but with hard work! I’m not shy of a bit of hard work though. So, this summer I…
Eventually the time came for us to move. Although sitting drinking in the view was sublime, we needed to start the descent to avoid another night on the face. After…
Morning came and and with it my feet, numb after being pushed against the tent wall, came back to life. The morning was stunning. Spirits were high, bodies were tired,…
I lay awake wrapped in two sleeping bags, waiting for my 3:45am alarm, hoping it would never come. At around 3:30 I heard movement from the other side of the…
A short post about frantic rock climbing before a trip to the Himalaya.
Back in the spring I was on the fitness train, and it was going well. Arriving in the UK I felt good, climbed a few routes I wanted to do,…
It all started with a screech of tyres, RnB pumping out of a stereo, and an exhaust so loud that any nearby seracs were falling like apples from a tree….
The ledge system at the top of the Main Cliff of Gogarth is 60m above the sea. Most ropes these days are 60m long. Now I’m no genius, but I…
I’ve just been down to the south coast of England to attempt a new route on a cliff of chalk called Bats Head. I first heard about Bats Head when…
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