Poo de Cabrales – really not poo at all!
We’ve moved base around to the north of the Picos, near Arenas de Cabrales, having explored most of the crags in the Desfiladero de la Hermida. We’re rewarded with our […]
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Cares Gorge
We’d run out of shady crags and the forecast was “scorchio” again, so in desperation we decided to go for a walk. In fairness, we probably needed another rest day. […]
Via Ferrata La Hermida
The forecast for Saturday wasn’t great, so we made plans for a rest day. As it turned out it was dry and warm, but overcast, so I upped the agenda […]
Sector Clonico
A pretty crag, high above La Hermida. On the face of it, a nice bunch of amenable grades too. We managed 4 6as and 6a+’s which was quite enough! Tough! […]
Fuente De and a climb that wasn’t to be
With temperatures forecast to hit almost 30 we decided to head high! The cable car at Fuente De is only 25 minutes further up the valley, and gives access to […]
Placas de Esquilleu
Scorchio again, but a late start meant that our chosen crag was starting to go into the shade 🙂 Actually, the most fun aspect of Las Placas is the Tyrollean […]
El Salmon
Another fine day with temperatures into the high twenties revealed a minor imperfection in the climbing topography of this otherwise perfect valley, almost all of the crags face south west. […]
Rumenes – it’s Tufa time!
Rumenes is the premier crag of the area, with a couple of slabby sectors complemented by some awesome Tufa terrain. It was cracking the flags when we arrived, and the […]
Desfiladero de la Hermida
This impressive gorge runs along the eastern edge of the Picos d’Europa, from Panes down to Potes – a charming touristy village. We’ve based ourselves at a fab campsite just […]
Roca Verde – Climbing in Northern Spain
The ferry from Portsmouth to Santander really is a very civilised way to get to Spain. Rock up and roll on in the early evening, dine in a pretty decent […]
Hot at Hobby
The September heat wave served up a sizzling send off to the official Wednesday evening meet program, and Andy’s Hobby meet attracted a huge turnout of about 20 members and […]
Pagan – third time lucky
Andy and I had had a couple of previous unsuccessful attempts at Pagan, a 3* 3 pitch E4 on Red Wall, Gogarth. Both had been aborted due to conditions, the […]
Stanage birthday outing
After four days of great climbing on Lundy, and arriving home in the wee small hours, the sensible thing would have been a day off. However, it was my birthday […]
American Beauty and Ice
We woke to another gorgeous day in paradise. Our last, at least for this trip… A 100m ab rope is a pretty handy piece of kit on Lundy, and of […]
Wolfman Jack
Lundy boasts 4 routes in Extreme Rock. Unfortunately, one has fallen down, one is rumoured to be overgrown and another is simply too hard (sad, because “Widespread Ocean of Fear” […]
Devil’s Slide
Probably the most iconic cliff on Lundy, though not typical, The Devil’s Slide is a 100m slab dropping straight into the sea. First appearances were a little disappointing as they […]
Lundy – getting there and Landing Craft Bay
After about 30 years of wanting to go to Lundy, the opportunity finally arose thanks to Steve George organising a Rucksack Club meet. 20 of us boarded the MS Oldenberg […]
More Peak adventures
With Jake back from South America, and a brief window before starting 3rd year at Med School, he was keen for a quick fix of Peak trad climbing. We settled […]
Back in the Peak
When the sun is shining, the Peak District really is a great place to come home to. In its August prime of purple heather, the scenery is sumptuous! Two contrasting […]
Ablon – un petit peu de cragging
The Grand Beaux Temps were forecast to end in storms in the Val d’Arve and up into chamonix, and my toes weren’t fit for any more multipitch madness, so a […]
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