Last hurrah at Hobby!
The last Rucksack Club evening meet of the year saw the season go out with a bang with a great turnout and fabulous weather. A combination of the usual suspects […]
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A Brit Grit fix with Jake
More or less straight off the plane and back into action – Jake’s only home for a couple of days and is keen to get some cragging in. First venue […]
All shades of The Peak
In between dashing for the occasional hit of mountain cragging we’ve been sampling all that The Peak has to offer. Classic grit at Stanage and Bamford, moorland escoterica on Dovestones […]
Over the Moon at Gogarth
Helen and I have been organising the annual Rucksack Club Gogarth meet, on Holy Island, Anglesey, for about 15 years now. The formula is pretty simple: take the best crag […]
Tintwistle Knarr
Mike Doc’s meet set down a strong claim for this year’s “longest distance travelled for a meet” award, with Martin, Barbara, Jack and Sam over from Missouri for the occasion. […]
Roasting at The Roaches
A fabulous afternoon and evening at the Roaches for the Rucksack Club Wednesday evening meet. Perfect blue skies and blazing sunshine were somewhat offset by a chilly easterly blowing over […]
Another evening at the New Mills Torrs all-weather venue
With heavy rain coming in from the North West, Andy and John opted to move the Rucksack Club Wednesday evening meet from Anglezark (near Bolton) to New Mills Torrs. Once […]
New Mills Torrs
What a difference a week makes – another Wednesday evening meet on quarried grit, but a world of difference in the weather! From 24C down to about 10C and from […]
Beudy Birthday Bash
It’s the 70th Anniversary of the Rucksack Club’s acquisition of our Llanberis hut, Beudy Mawr, and there’s a major gathering to celebrate. For once, the weather gods are smiling and […]
Summer arrives at Hobson Moor
Got lucky again with the weather – REALLY lucky this time! After a shocking winter and early spring, and the washout of the first two Rucksack Club Wednesday evening meets, […]
Siurana – El Ditot and a fitting sunrock finaleÂ
It kept us waiting until the very end, but day 7 of the 2018 SunRock trip finally delivered the kind of day we’d signed up for. Clear skies and warm […]
Arboli – sector El FalcoÂ
We had a dull but dry day in prospect, however, the wind had dropped and the temperature of 8C was enough to have teams heading in all directions for the […]
Margalef – Can Llepafils
Another bright day and blue skies, but a bitterly cold wind (luck I advertised the meet as Sun Rock rather than Hot Rock!) A couple of options emerged with a […]
Arboli – sector Can Mansa and Simiro and an encounter with a Mighty Penis
That got your attention – and even if it didn’t, it should boost the click count from random Google searches! The “Mighty Penis” in question is a 32m 6a+ at […]
Margalef – El Cami de L’Ermita
Another dodgy forecast saw a team head for Barcelona in search of some culture and another make a foray to the coast. The rest of us headed to Margalef in […]
Sansuies – Placa del Sol (… and showers!)Â
An unsettled forecast led to much deliberation over guidebooks, Google Maps and various weather apps. Throwing all the data into the melting pot we ended up with a Plan A […]
Siurana – Grau dels Masets – SunRock 2018 Day 1
Day 1 of the 2018 Rucksack Club SunRock Meet, and the “Sun” actually put in an appearance (for pretty much the first time in a week!). We also had a […]
Two sides of Kinder
Saturday saw the annual chance to blow away the cobwebs on the Rucksack Club Marden to Edale meet. Having rejected the idea of “The Double” I’d settled (guiltily)Â into bed […]
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