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Monthly Archives: September 2016

Sector Clonico 

September 30, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

A pretty crag, high above La Hermida.  On the face of it, a nice bunch of amenable grades too. We managed 4 6as and 6a+’s which was quite enough! Tough! […]

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North - Asturias, Cantabria &Leon, Spain

Fuente De and a climb that wasn’t to be 

September 29, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

With temperatures forecast to hit almost 30 we decided to head high! The cable car at Fuente De is only 25 minutes further up the valley, and gives access to […]

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North - Asturias, Cantabria &Leon, Spain

Placas de Esquilleu 

September 28, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

Scorchio again, but a late start meant that our chosen crag was starting to go into the shade 🙂 Actually, the most fun aspect of Las Placas is the Tyrollean […]

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North - Asturias, Cantabria &Leon, Spain

El Salmon 

September 27, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

Another fine day with temperatures into the high twenties revealed a minor imperfection in the climbing topography of this otherwise perfect valley, almost all of the crags face south west. […]

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North - Asturias, Cantabria &Leon, Spain

Rumenes – it’s Tufa time!

September 26, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

Rumenes is the premier crag of the area, with a couple of slabby sectors complemented by some awesome Tufa terrain.  It was cracking the flags when we arrived, and the […]

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North - Asturias, Cantabria &Leon, Spain

Desfiladero de la Hermida 

September 25, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

This impressive gorge runs along the eastern edge of the Picos d’Europa, from Panes down to Potes – a charming touristy village. We’ve based ourselves at a fab campsite just […]

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North - Asturias, Cantabria &Leon

Roca Verde – Climbing in Northern Spain 

September 25, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

The ferry from Portsmouth to Santander really is a very civilised way to get to Spain. Rock up and roll on in the early evening, dine in a pretty decent […]

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North - Asturias, Cantabria &Leon, Spain

Hot at Hobby 

September 17, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

The September heat wave served up a sizzling send off to the official Wednesday evening meet program, and Andy’s Hobby meet attracted a huge turnout of about 20 members and […]

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Peak, UK

Pagan – third time lucky 

September 12, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

Andy and I had had a couple of previous unsuccessful attempts at Pagan, a 3* 3 pitch E4 on Red Wall, Gogarth. Both had been aborted due to conditions, the […]

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UK, Wales

Stanage birthday outing

September 3, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

After four days of great climbing on Lundy, and arriving home in the wee small hours, the sensible thing would have been a day off. However, it was my birthday […]

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Peak, UK

American Beauty and Ice

September 3, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

We woke to another gorgeous day in paradise.  Our last, at least for this trip… A 100m ab rope is a pretty handy piece of kit on Lundy, and of […]

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South West, UK

Wolfman Jack

September 2, 2016by Dominic 2 Comments

Lundy boasts 4 routes in Extreme Rock. Unfortunately, one has fallen down, one is rumoured to be overgrown and another is simply too hard (sad, because “Widespread Ocean of Fear” […]

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South West, UK

Devil’s Slide

September 2, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

Probably the most iconic cliff on Lundy, though not typical, The Devil’s Slide is a 100m slab dropping straight into the sea. First appearances were a little disappointing as they […]

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South West, UK

Lundy – getting there and Landing Craft Bay

September 1, 2016by Dominic 2 Comments

After about 30 years of wanting to go to Lundy, the opportunity finally arose thanks to Steve George organising a Rucksack Club meet. 20 of us boarded the MS Oldenberg […]

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South West, UK

More Peak adventures

September 1, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

With Jake back from South America, and a brief window before starting 3rd year at Med School, he was keen for a quick fix of Peak trad climbing. We settled […]

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Peak, UK

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