Chilly on Count’s Buttress, Stanage
The thermometer might have said 3C but when the sky is this blue it’s impossible to resist getting outside. A few boulderers and a lot of parapenters, but Andy, Paul […]
The thermometer might have said 3C but when the sky is this blue it’s impossible to resist getting outside. A few boulderers and a lot of parapenters, but Andy, Paul […]
After a week back in Blighty, mostly spent in a suit and shuffling between meetings on trains, I was frustrated to get out on some rock again. I can only […]
Okay – sounds more dramatic than it was. Our ferry was delayed by the discovery of a bomb in Portsmouth Harbour, but we were 24hrs and a thousand miles away […]
With a few hours drive ahead of us, and a fair collection of aches and pains, we decided on a brief excursion into tourist territory, rather than snatching a token […]
Having bid farewell to Bill and Steve, we reluctantly started our journey westwards towards Bilbao and the ferry home. We had time for one last climbing stopover to break the […]
We’d recced this crag on our drive through Aragon on our accommodation spotting trip – impressive orange wall set in a narrow gorge above a near deserted road. Looked promising…. […]
More Ager climbing, this time at about 1300m and accessed from above via a winding road that heads over the top of the Montsec d’Ares. Fantastic views from up there, […]
We’d seen a tourism leaflet promoting the area which featured some spectacular and unlikely looking stairway weaving through overhanging bands of cliff and leading to a stunning gorge. After a […]
After being camped in the village of Ager for almost a week, staring up at the miles of limestone ridge of the Montsec d’Ares, we finally got to climb on […]
Warming up nicely, so we decided to show our visitors the delights of Os. What great climbing, and such a photogenic spot. Everyone enjoyed the collection of 6as and bs […]
Another groundhog day, revisiting a crag we went to a couple of years ago. Not the greatest crag in Catalunya, but some very fine climbing and great views over the […]
Parked overnight at the Os de B parking, we’re woken up by the arrival of the olive pickers. The van thermometer shows 4C inside and -1C outside! After a few […]
We finally solved the accommodation conundrum by checking into the campsite at Ager, a fairly bustling village at the foot of the Montsec d’Ares. Famed for its hang-gliding and observatory, […]
After waking up to a glorious morning in Santa Ana, with the crag drying nicely after the monsoon, we had a change of plan… We’d been exploring options for accommodation […]
After a well earned rest day, we needed a venue for a final day of heat-wave before a forecasted break in the weather. Having been scorched off the crag for […]
It is a testament to the amount of tremendous rock in northern Spain that after almost 6 weeks and almost 30 crags, this is the first place we’ve revisited from […]