The Big 3
Climbing E8, F8a and font 8a would I guess to many mark a certain level of competency in their given sub worlds of climbing. The hardest one to attain being […]
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Pesto, Pasta, Bacon
Waking up on my first day in Bangor, I opened my curtains to glorious blue skies. As guessed, freshers week, and the weather is mint. My first thoughts wandered towards […]
The Peak keeps giving
I write as if I’m never coming back… Yesterday and with another wet day cop out we headed to Rubicon. This was definitely going to be my last day out […]
Final Buzz
As September draws on, and with moorland objectives not looking a go, I have been back at the usual grit crags, scraping what I can from this years grit season. […]
Moor Moors next year please
As summer held on to the lower grounds I ventured up onto the Moorlands, where autumn was beginning to make an appearance. A day after returning from Portugal, Shining Clough […]
Bangor is a go…
August 17th, results day. I was down in Portugal, and managed to get into Bangor Uni as I swanned about above the sea. For the last year I’ve been saying […]
Tuna and Crackers
Running along the Swiss and Italian border we have the Bregaglia Mountain Range of the Eastern Alps. THE mountain of this range, the one everyone recognises, the one that takes […]
Summer Days
Summer, well. So far so good. Since finishing exams a big part of my climbing has been throwing myself at sport routes and trying to get fit again. At the […]
The Winter round off
After doing The Zone I was kinda looking forward to a bit of warmer weather, and easing in to the summer swing of things. But it stayed cold and it was still […]
The Zone E9 6c | Curbar |
Never really had a ‘project’ before, unless you count getting up a route 2nd session, and if that’s the case then I’ve had 3. But The Zone felt like a […]
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