Happy Christmas (Eve) at Bamford
December held out until near the end to offer up a climbing weather window – until Christmas Eve to be precise. A forecast of sunny and 5C was as good […]
December held out until near the end to offer up a climbing weather window – until Christmas Eve to be precise. A forecast of sunny and 5C was as good […]
The week has flown by and it’s our last day, but with a flight at 8pm there’s still the opportunity for a final route or two before we leave Morocco. […]
This is described in the guidebook as “a major mountain crag with some of the best extreme climbing in the region” but unfortunately it lies in the Samazar Valley. We’d […]
Today’s plan for a Tash and Dad multi-pitch adventure was put briefly on hold to check out the Souk in Ida Ougnidif on market day. It was rammed, with dozens […]
The Thumb is an impressive 300m high quartzite lump on the Tizi Escarpment, which dominates the skyline above the village of Assldrar. It has perhaps the highest concentration of long […]
Another glorious day – people keep telling us that December is often rainy or even snowy, and only last week the climbers staying at the Kasbah only managed a couple […]
Tash, Jake and I are off for a week of (hopefully) sunny climbing in Morocco, staying at the Kasbah Tizourgane on the northern side of the Jebel el Kest mountains. […]
The south side of the Afantinzar valley is dominated by Lower Eagle crag – about 200m high and a kilometer wide. Shady for most of the day, we’d watched it […]