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The Diamond and The Black – Lockdown slideshow

January 6, 2021by Dominic Leave a comment

With slightly spooky foresight I managed to launch Season 2 of The Rucksack Club’s Lockdown Slideshows to coincide with the beginning of Lockdown 3 in the UK. Something tells me […]

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Rockies, Rucksack Club, USA

RockAroundTheWorld Retrospective – The 2004-5 Big Trip part 2: The US – from Boulder to Smith

July 13, 2020by Dominic 1 Comment

You can find “Previously on The Big Trip” installment 1 here: https://rockaroundtheworld.co.uk/2020/06/22/rockaroundtheworld-retrospective-the-big-trip-part-1-around-the-baltic-in-80-days/ or just launch in and join us as we land in Denver. After almost three months in our […]

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Rockies, USA

Petit Grepon

September 2, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

For the final adventure of our Colorado trip we came up with the perfect objective for a sweltering hot Labour Day weekend. The South Face of The Petit Grepon is […]

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Rockies, USA

Outer Space, Eldorado Canyon and a memorable birthday

September 1, 2019by Dominic 4 Comments

Heading east on our way to a final couple of days of as yet unspecified adventures, we realise that it’s Labour Day weekend – probably the busiest 3 days of […]

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Rockies, USA

Colorado National Monument – Otto’s Route

August 30, 2019by Dominic 1 Comment

With The Casual Route on The Diamond and The Scenic Cruise in The Black ticked off, we’d exceeded all expectations for the trip, but still had five days left before […]

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Rockies, USA

The Scenic Cruise

August 29, 2019by Dominic 3 Comments

The Scenic Cruise is THE route to do in The Black (unless you are climbing into the 12s) taking the 1,700ft North Chasm View Wall in a dozen or so […]

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Rockies, USA

Comic Relief

August 27, 2019by Dominic 2 Comments

There’s hardly anyone climbing in The Black – we’ve only met two teams in 4 days, both from Ouray and both knew Gary Ryan. It says something about the closeness […]

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Rockies, USA

Into The Black

August 26, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

The Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is a legendary adventure climbing destination – over 2,200ft deep and less than 1,000ft across “… no other North American canyon combines […]

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Rockies, USA

Glenwood Canyon and a handy stop-off

August 24, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

Hello Blog followers, and apologies for the gap in posts – we’ve been in The Black and there’s no phone signal (you could say a Black-Out). Normal service on Bill […]

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Rockies, USA

The Diamond, Long’s Peak

August 23, 2019by Dominic 7 Comments

Long’s Peak, at 4,340m, is the highest in Rocky Mountain National Park. It’s a shapely enough mountain and draws numerous hikers for the challenging “keyhole route” to its summit, but […]

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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

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