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 […]
Monthly Archives: July 2017
Tremadog induction
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 […]
La Caurga – Sirta, a sports climbing wind down
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 […]
Lasciamili, Albigna
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 […]
Spazzacaldeira, Albigna: Dente per Dente, NE Ridge Direct (via Nigg) and the Fiamma
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 […]
Another Day In Paradise – NE face of Piz Badile
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 […]
Luna Nascente
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 […]
Il Risveglio di Kundalini
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 […]
Val di Mello – cragging at Sasso Remenno
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 […]
Robin Proctor’s Scar
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 […]
Saunders Lakeland Mountain Marathon
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 […]
