Kompanj and more Karst fun
Kompanj is the other 5* crag in the Buzet area; a defiant final outcrop of immaculate white and orange limestone on the 100km escarpment before it fizzles out towards Rijeka. […]
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Vela Draga
Istria, the bulbous peninsula at the northern end of the Adriatic, is separated from the rest of Croatia by the Učka mountains, which are protected as a Nature Park. The […]
Climbing on the Karst – Buzetski Kanjon
The Karst escarpment that hosts so much quality climbing in this corner of the Adriatic runs for around 100km from Monfalcone in Italy, south east through Trieste, nips across Slovenia, […]
Drive-by cragging on the way to Croatia
The RockAroundTheWorld bus is back in action and heading for an autumn escape to Croatia. If you plot a route via the Hull-Rotterdam ferry, you’ll find you pretty much drive […]
Charity Calendar in support of Climbers Against Cancer
RockAroundTheWorld doesn’t usually do adverts (we even pay for “premium hosting” so you can enjoy RATW ad-free!) but we do make the odd exception for a good cause, so I […]
Big Wall Apprenticeship – where better than Hobby
When people ask me “How did you get into Big Wall climbing?” they’re invariably surprised to hear that my entire apprenticeship took place over a couple of hours in Hobson […]
Mantrap, Mousetrap Zawn – More Extreme Ledge-Shuffling
Scattered showers across the country prompted the inevitable journey along the A55. Stan and I try to schedule a Gogarth trip each year in the early Autumn, once the bird […]
Celebrating the Pinnacle Club Centenary
We were greatly honoured to be invited along to the Pinnacle Club Centenary dinner at the Vic in Llanberis (actually 102 years due to Covid). As well as the long-established […]
Canyons of Contrast – Homeward Bound
Having taken a solemn pledge to chill and enjoy the last couple of days of our trip, we set about constructing an itinerary that would take in some decent climbing […]
Primrose Dihedral, Moses
Primrose Dihedral had been on my radar as perhaps THE must-do Desert Tower, ever since reports of ascents in the 90s from returning conquering heroes, including Martin, Mike and John. […]
Castleton Tower
There’s quite a lot of concern in the desert climbing community about climbing on sandstone after rain – it’s a fragile rock, and gets significantly weaker when wet, when especially […]
Ancient Art, Fisher Towers
After fleeing a rain-lashed Zion, we headed east towards Moab for the second phase of the adventure. A small detour gave us the opportunity to get even more value for […]
Prodigal Sun
Prodigal Sun was the other Wall on our shortlist for Zion adventure, and it had been a coin flip that meant we set our sights on Moonlight Buttress first (directissima […]
Moonlight Buttress
Arriving late in Zion National Park, the full moon hinted at the grandure of the surrounding scenery, picked out in monochrome, … delaying the full sensory overload of vivid orange […]
Episode 13 starts with an unplanned diversion to Vegas
If you’re tuning into Rockaroundtheworld for Episode 13 of Bill and Dom’s Excellent Adventures, expecting vivid orange sandstone walls and towers, then you’re in for a disappointment (or at least […]
A Birthday in ‘Beris – The Skull and Scimitar Ridge
Another year and another birthday… … and the now-traditional personalised T-shirt from Helen… … harks back exactly 30 years to an ascent of Snake Dike with Jim. I’ve tried to […]
Swastika
Swastika was the third of my Hard Rock objectives for this long-weekend blast to Lochaber. Scorching temperatures on Friday and Saturday made it an easy decision to opt for the […]
Raven’s Gully
Hamish MacInnes has a legendary legacy when it comes to climbing in Scotland, but his contribution to Hard Rock (at least in the author’s opinion) was a bit of a […]
The Bat
The Bat on Carn Dearg Buttress on The Ben has a fearsome reputation, and barring The Scoop, was potentially the toughest assignment of the remaining ten routes on my Hard […]
Clogwyn Yr Adar – Carlsberg don’t do crags, but if they did…
Here’s another crag that you’ve probably never heard of, but check it out – it’s an absolute belter (thanks to George for the tip off, and to Alex for having […]
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