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Cirque de Labeil

November 14, 2021by Dominic 6 Comments

The Cirque de Labeil was one of the “must visit” crags recommended by Keith and Fiona, but we’d struggled to time our visit with an appropriate weather window. On the […]

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France, Languedoc - Roussillon, Uncategorized

Roche Autour du Gard

November 2, 2021by Dominic 2 Comments

All good things come to an end, and after 3 weeks of unbroken sunshine in the Durance, the weather finally went pear-shaped. Two days of forecasted rain followed by a […]

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France, Languedoc - Roussillon, Uncategorized

Weather to Fly – pretty much guaranteed in Tenerife!

December 14, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

The kids and I are off for a week of sun in Tenerife to escape the storms at home (meteorological and political – there’s a faint possibility of at least […]

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Canary Islands, Spain, Uncategorized

Bill and Dom’s Excellent Adventure – Episode 11 arrives in Colorado

August 22, 2019by Dominic 2 Comments

After an uneventful flight we arrived in Denver just before midnight. With afternoon thunder storms forecasted and a need to get some acclimatisation in before heading up to climb on […]

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Rockies, Uncategorized, USA

Third Sister, Gower

July 9, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

The Three Sisters are just some of the landmark bits of rock architecture that decorate the Gower coast between Rhossili and Port Eynon – it’s no accident that this was […]

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Leonidio – Dornrochen

March 15, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

We’d walked past this crag on our way up to King of Thrones on our last trip (moving as quickly as the oppressive heart would allow to reach the sanctuary […]

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Greece, Leonidio, Uncategorized

End of SunRock 2019; and then there were three

March 3, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

Dave and Lins kindly picked up Jake at 6.30 this morning for the trip to the airport, and that’s the official end of SunRock 2019 – 36 Rucksack Club members […]

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Greece, Leonidio, Rucksack Club, SunRock 2019, Uncategorized

Leonidio – Hot Rock (at last!)

February 28, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

The sun has well and truly got its hat back on now! SunRock indeed 🙂 Troughton team selfie at the campsite ahead of Tash’s last day Back to Twin Caves […]

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Greece, Leonidio, Rucksack Club, SunRock 2019, Uncategorized

Leonidio – Mignonette; multi-pitching on Kokkinovrachos

February 27, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

Warm, sunny intervals and possible showers – a bit of everything today, and teams headed to Panagia, Theos and Mars. After a tough 4 days, Jake was keen for a […]

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Greece, Leonidio, Rucksack Club, SunRock 2019, Uncategorized

Leonidio – Theos Cave; The Place to Be!

February 14, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

Wednesday was a day to forget from a climbing point of view – torrential rain was only interrupted towards late afternoon when it turned to snow! In fairness, Jim and […]

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Greece, Leonidio, Rucksack Club, SunRock 2019, Uncategorized

L’Albenc and into the Vercours

September 24, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

The Isere Valley marks the northern border of the Vercours national park and the river has sliced the end of this high plateau leaving towering limestone cliffs impressively lining its […]

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France, French Alps, Uncategorized

Summer arrives at Hobson Moor

April 18, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

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, […]

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Evening Meet, Rucksack Club, Uncategorized

Coll de Nargo – Sector Coll Pique and Samarkand 

March 26, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

A major deluge throughout Saturday prompted a much needed rest day and a change of scene, so we headed over the hills to Oliana. Great views of the world’s second […]

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Catalunya, Spain, Uncategorized

Sintra – Penedo da Amizade 

February 12, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

UNESCO-listed Sintra is set high on a hilltop overlooking the Cabo da Roca, and was the favourite summer retreat for the Portuguese Royal family when Lisbon became a bit sweaty. […]

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Highlights from a Balkan Odyssey 

November 11, 2017by Dominic Leave a comment

Back home from our Balkan Odyssey, and a chance to reflect on some of the highlights of a two-month, 10,000km climbing road-trip through Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria to […]

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Eastern Europe, Greece, Uncategorized

A trip to Mars

October 17, 2017by Dominic Leave a comment

Mars is big and red (and quite a long way away… certainly a bit more than the 20 minutes suggested in the guidebook, but well worth the effort.)  It’s probably […]

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Greece, Leonidio, Uncategorized

Varasova 

October 3, 2017by Dominic Leave a comment

Another two-crag day, making the most of the heat of midday to shift base again, heading further south to Varasova. This is a huge triangular limestone mountain (917m high) overlooking […]

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central, Uncategorized

Turda gorge – into Romania 

September 14, 2017by Dominic Leave a comment

After a stopover at a thermal “resort” just before the border, we crossed into Romania and made the 4 hour drive to Turda. The first half of the journey was […]

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Weisenstein

September 9, 2017by Dominic Leave a comment

Possibly the ultimate crag for a crap day. 2 mins from the road and with climbing steep enough to stay dry in the rain.  Perfect for a few routes on […]

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Frankenjura, Germany, Uncategorized

Flytrap on Gogarth North Stack – birthday adventure 

September 1, 2017by Dominic 2 Comments

Miserable forecast pretty much everywhere – it shouldn’t be allowed to rain on your birthday! Luckily, there’s always Gogarth! Not that Jake and I were feeling too optimistic as we […]

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