The Beer Trailer
…but, be warned, Powell County (where we’re staying and where much of the climbing is as well as the climbers meeting spot at Miguels Pizza emporium ) is DRY. Yup […]
Author Archives: Dominic
Roadside, Bruise Brothers and The Gallery – Great climbing in The Red
We’ve been pretty impressed with the climbing in The Red. The walls are scattered over an area of over a hundred square miles, tucked away down forest roads or trails. […]
Natural Bridge State Park
Despite the awesome rock in The Red we managed to find the self control for a rest day, and it wasn’t even raining! Jake take note. The Natural Bridge State […]
Into “The Red”
No, we haven’t run out of dosh – just moved onto Kentucky and The Red River Gorge. It’s the annual fundraising bash – Rocktoberfest and also a long weekend, so […]
Climbing at The New – Bubb City, Summerville and Sandstonia
So the crags can be a bit tricky to get to, but once you get there you find some impressively featured sandstone. Steep – just the wrong side of vertical, […]
New River Gorge – Out with the cold and in with “The New”
What a difference a day makes – or a day plus a couple of hundred miles. Heading over to the New River Gorge in West Virginia the sun is out, […]
In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia
We’ve arrived on the East Coast, but so has Hurricane Joaquin. Luckily the really windy bit is camped out over the Bahamas, but it is still managing to scoop up […]
30th Anniversary Celebrations – What better than a few routes at Hobby?
It’s hard to believe that 30 years ago we were enjoying similarly glorious weather outside the chapel at Clare College. Where better to celebrate 30 happy and climbing-filled years than […]
Snake Dike
A fitting end to the trip. We made the 4 hour walk to the base of the route and enoyed a spectacular bivvy with awesome stars. A little chilly at […]
Super speedy on “Super Slide”
More showers yesterday, but Tash and I managed to grab a dryish interlude for a fast ascent of Super Slide, a 5 pitch 5.9 on Royal Arches. Up and down […]
Chance of showers
Turned a bit changeable here so we’ve been cragging. Moody sunlight over East Buttress of Middle Cathedral, partly caused by the smoke from the wildfire …and a couple of pitches […]
Yosemite Birthday
We celebrated Tashy’s 22nd Birthday with a variety of fine Yosemite eating experiences. First up a short stack of blueberry pancakes in the Lodge Then a couple of routes followed […]
Tashy’s first BigWall
Topped out in fine style yesterday and were back in Camp 4 for 6 pm and in the shower soon after. Monster pizza and even bigger Margarita followed before a […]
Camp 4
We managed to move onto Camp 4 a day early and all got on the same site. Miracle! That means we’re not going to have to move again until we […]
Camp 4
We managed to move onto Camp 4 a day early and all got on the same site. Miracle! That means we’re not going to have to move again until we […]
Washington Column – South Face
Tash and Dad’s excellent adventure is going well so far. All going according to plan. On Dinner Ledge at 5.30 having fixed another 2 pitches above. The Kor roof is […]
Salathe Wall on El Cap
Jake and I topped out on “The Captain” at noon on Monday having hauled to Heart Ledge on Friday. Three memorable days on the Big Stone. Day 1 – easy […]
Settling down for the night on Lung Ledge – 13 pitches up Salathe on El Cap
A Relaxed start around 1.30 saw us jugging and hauling 1000ft and getting a pitch in before settling in to Lung Ledge for tea at 6 pm and snuggling into […]
Knob Wall
Tash fancied some free climbing so we headed for a few routes at Knob Hill. Great fun climbing covered in chicken heads.
Freeblast
Jake and I made a fairly snappy ascent of Freeblast – the first 11 pitches of Salathe on El Cap. As I’d done it before, I was belay bunny for […]
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