Valle de los Cóndores
We did manage to snatch a gorgeous one-day weather window in Cajón del Maipo, but I’ll leave that for a more comprehensive round up as we’re planning to revisit on […]
Author Archives: Dominic
Out-flanking a Super El Niño
Having explored each of the main crags immediately north of Santiago, our provisional plan had been to head up into the Andes to visit Canjon del Maipo, to the South […]
Valle de Aconcagua
We were looking forward to flying back into Santiago from the Atacama. A daytime flight over a thousand kilometres of other-worldly desert, with the Pacific sparkling out of the starboard […]
Atacama Desert – Volcanoes and Vicuñas
There’s loads of Rock in this blog post, and we’re almost halfway Around The World, but sad to report there’s only a tiny bit of climbing. This is Week One […]
Festival time!
Not too much climbing to report on in September as it’s been wall-to-wall festival season! Nope, not muddy field, bleary eyes and banging tunes (though there’s been a bit of […]
Birthday Bash
I usually try to celebrate my birthday with a climb – hopefully a memorable one! I’ve had at least one celebration half way up El Cap, and another couple in […]
Right Angle 60th Anniversary
If you haven’t already read it, Iain Peters account of the discovery and subsequent first ascent of Right Angle is well worth seeking out – an amusing account of climbing […]
Cornish Capers
We continued our tour of the south west by taking in the joint Rucksack Club / Climbers Club meet at the perfectly-positioned Count House atop Bosigran. It kinda made sense, […]
Skeleton Ridge
One of my first jobs in the BMC “hot seat” was to write to the National Trust in support of efforts by the access team to re-open access to the […]
“Little Adventures” in Pembroke
A week in Pembroke was the perfect venue for upping my post-op leading game into the VS / HVS zone. In a different situation, I might have felt the following […]
Crummackdale
A mini blog post to shed some light on this modest but charming crag in The Dales – can’t believe we’ve never visited. Perhaps we’ve been lured to the dark […]
Three Corners of Llŷn
Paul and Andy were free for a few days and keen to explore some uncharted (for them) territory – would I be up for some guiding duties on the Llŷn […]
Cloggy Beyond Cancer
Before I set any alarm bells going, I should clarify that I don’t have cancer. This blog post is the latest chapter in a program we’ve been developing at Climbers […]
Back to Trad – Banzai Pipeline and First Steps on the Sharp End
As the “Summer of 26” continues to deliver, I’ve made a couple more baby steps in my recovery, firstly back into mountain trad (albeit in top-rope tough-guy mode) and then […]
A Dip Into The Dales
Continuing the “local, little and often recovery tour”, we headed east to spend a few days in the Yorkshire Dales. There’s plenty of accessible and amenable sports climbing which fits […]
Cumbrian Convalescence
With the van’s newly welded chassis, and me out of my plastic boot, it was time to get us both back on the road. Baby steps for both of us, […]
Two Steps Forward, One Step Backwards
After four weeks, it was a huge relief to get rid of my big plastic boot and knee-crutch (I’m keeping hold of both – sorted for fancy dress options for […]
NWB (Non Weight Bearing)
If you’ve been missing your regular dose of RockAroundTheWorld, I can assure you I’ve been missing it more! Here’s what I’ve been up to (or rather haven’t been up to!) […]
Solway Saunter
Following on from Part 1 of our Galloway Glamping Getaway… Meikle Ross Heading back east, we swapped views of Northern Ireland and Kintyre for the Lakeland fells across the Solway […]
Galloway Glamping
With the weather set fair across the country it seemed like an ideal opportunity for the visit to Mull that we’d been mulling. Unfortunately, our erstwhile trusty van had other […]
