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Category Archives: Trad Climbing

The scary stuff…

The Tete

September 11, 2014by oligrounsell Leave a comment

Driving through the sleepy villages of Vallouise and Les Vigneaux for a bit of apres ski sport climbing this spring, I’d frequently gawp up at the towering limestone of the […]

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Trad Climbing

Rare Lichen

April 10, 2014by oligrounsell Leave a comment

After a brief window of warm weather a few weeks ago, my attention started to drift towards some of the routes I would like to do in the mountains. These […]

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Trad Climbing

Night Stalker

March 26, 2014by oligrounsell 2 Comments

When Rob told me that the roof to the left of Tonight at Noon had been climbed by Stevie Haston I didn’t believe him. It just didn’t seem feasible. I […]

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Trad Climbing

Surviving Winter

March 10, 2014by oligrounsell Leave a comment

Since getting back from a week of sun in Siurana at the start of January, winter was terrible. I did have visions of it being worse, but only ever so […]

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Bouldering, Trad Climbing

The Big 3

December 11, 2013by oligrounsell Leave a comment

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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Bouldering, Sport Climbing, Trad Climbing

Pesto, Pasta, Bacon

October 20, 2013by oligrounsell Leave a comment

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 […]

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Bouldering, Trad Climbing

Final Buzz

September 17, 2013by oligrounsell Leave a comment

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. […]

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Bouldering, Trad Climbing

Moor Moors next year please

September 13, 2013by oligrounsell Leave a comment

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 […]

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Bouldering, Trad Climbing

Bangor is a go…

September 2, 2013by oligrounsell Leave a comment

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 […]

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Trad Climbing

Tuna and Crackers

August 7, 2013by oligrounsell 5 Comments

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 […]

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Alpine, Trad Climbing

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