Gogarth and an Everest ascent
Brilliant to see so many people at Gogarth last weekend. Around 80 Rucksackers, Pinnies and various friends and family made the journey (pilgrimage?) onto Holy Island, despite the cruddy forecast, […]
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A Trad Apprenticeship
Tash and Chris had got a week’s holiday and a first opportunity for ages to get some climbing done after the rigours of thesis writing. I was duly commissioned to […]
A Mixed Bag of Bolts
No, not a trip report from an expedition to ScrewFix (though perhaps that would be more exciting!), this is a roundup of the shower-dodging exploits from the last couple of […]
Cornwall Capers
“Flaming June” seemed like a distant memory as we contemplated the forecast ahead of a planned trip to the South West. “Unsettled” didn’t really do it justice, with torrential rain […]
Hunger at Gogarth
Fear not! This isn’t a tale of inadequate catering on the Rucksack Club’s annual Gogarth meet (a.k.a. “The Barbecue Meet”, much to my chagrin!). Helen and I have been organising […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Carreg Fran Isaf – newly-developed Ogwen Valley mountain crag
I was heading over to the Rucksack Club hut in The Pass for Steve’s Beudy meet and I teamed up with George who was up for a day-trip. “How about […]
Mid-week Snowdonia
Helen and I took advantage of the dry weather and a few spare days to grab a mid-week Welsh hit before the school holidays started and the hoardes arrived. Beudy […]
Rucksack Club Gogarth Meet
Helen and I have been organising the Rucksack Club’s annual pilgrimage to Gogarth for over 20 years (a terrifying thought in itself!) After the “virtual” zoom version in 2020, and […]
Frodsham – Sandstone Highballs in a Gritstone Sandwich
Having commuted to Chester from Manchester every day for three years, not to mention regular pilgrimages to Snowdonia and Gogarth, I reckon I’ve driven past Frodsham at least a thousand […]
Four Star Glen Nevis
After a couple of weeks of chasing the sun and dodging showers (not to mention gale force winds) on our Scottish tour, we were rewarded for our tenacity by a […]
Pembroke Rucksack Club Meet – Part 2
The “late shift” of Martin, Dave, Helen, Jim and Claire arrived on Monday to keep the buzz going for another week, bringing a welcome improvement in the weather with them! […]
Pembroke Rucksack Club Meet – Part I
Jack’s official meet started on the Thursday before the Bank Holiday weekend, so Paul, Jake and I took advantage of the extended window to beat the inevitable traffic and get […]
Two Sides of Scottish Winter Climbing
The first “Big Chill” of the year prompted a WhatsApp call-to-action from Stan: “Anyone keen to head North this weekend?” Closer study of MWIS revealed that it was actually quite […]
Climbers Against Cancer Charity Calendar – Now on the Shelves
Rockaroundtheworld doesn’t do adverts – but I do make an occasional exception in a very good cause… Just to prove that I occasionally do something other than climb, here’s news […]
Dallen’s Rock – a very handy microcrag
Craigallan, The Rucksack Club’s Scottish hut, is a fabulous base for exploring the finest mountain crags in Lochaber (and therefore Britain?) Strategically situated overlooking Loch Linnie, it’s just twenty minutes […]
Gogarth 2021
Helen and I have organised a Rucksack Club meet at Gogarth every year for the last two decades, or at least we had done until last year when we had […]
Eggselent Easter week
The first tentative (but irreversible?!) steps out of Lockdown were perfectly timed to coincide with the clocks changing (OK, that’s pretty predictable!) and another great week of sunny weather (who […]
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