The Corner
Is there a more iconic route in Britain? It might only be a hundred and some feet high, but Cenotaph Corner holds a special place in the history of UK […]
Is there a more iconic route in Britain? It might only be a hundred and some feet high, but Cenotaph Corner holds a special place in the history of UK […]
With a couple of dry days forecast it was a good opportunity to introduce Jake to the delights of Tremadog. First up was The Plumb – in one glorious 50m […]
With an airport day on the agenda we were looking for single pitch bolt clipping, near the road and not too far out of our way to Bergamo. This crag […]
With a long day under our belts we fancied something a bit shorter, and maybe a tad harder. Lasciamili, a 6 pitch 6b which we could rap off fitted the […]
We came down from the Sasc Fura hut with a vague plan to do a shortish valley route (6 pitches of up to 6b) further down the val Chiavenna, but […]
Piz Badile is less than 10km from the Mello Valley (as the crow flies), but it’s an hour and a half drive round and across the Swiss border to the […]
We made the most of a much improved forecast with an early start and were on the first shuttle bus at 8am. We made short work of the “1 to […]
Val di Mello has been likened to a European Yosemite Valley, but it isn’t really a fair comparison. Whilst VdM has cliffs that are almost as high, they’re broken up […]
Jim and I are on a 10 day trip to the Alps, with a rough itinerary involving Val di Mello and the Bregaglia. Typical stormy alpine weather greets our arrival […]
After almost a month of barely any climbing, a combination of trying to rest my achilees and having foolishly taken on too much work, I was back on the rock […]
I’m really not a runner. Well, maybe just an occasional one, when it’s too wet to climb or my elbows are sore, but somehow I’ve managed to average about one […]