Guy Anne, Chamonix
amonixOur main objective for the week was the route Guy Anne, a 12 pitch TD+ with almost every pitch 6a or 6a+. It takes the skyline of the most prominent […]
Bramcrag Quarry
Up to the Lakes and an overnight stop under Skidaw, in a car park used by BG support teams. I hadn’t been anywhere near the BG route in the two […]
Erboristeria
This is the dark, gloomy north facing crag that dominates the entrance to the valley – very reminiscent of a shady Malham. We’d avoided it on our previous two visits, […]
The Ruins
Things brightened up and we had a couple of great days at The Ruins. For a change we had company at the crag – Jeanne chaperoned us one day (plus […]
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 […]
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 […]
Alcublas and some revisiting
Starting to sketch out a route northwards, as we wended our way towards the Bilbao ferry over the following couple of weeks, we were back to the multi-dimensional matrix of […]
Ja̩n РBedmar La Serrezuela and Cerro Golondrina
We’ve really enjoyed a few previous excursions into Jaén and especially discovering Reguchillo, which I described on this blog post as… this is a contender for “best crag in Spain […]
Cádiz and Olvera
For our Malaga Hinterland exploration we actually based ourselves just over the border in neighbouring Cádiz, in a charming hilltop campsite: Camping Pueblo Blanco, near Olvera. The province of Cádiz […]
Puerto del Viento and More Malaga Reconnaissance
Puerto del Viento is a magnificent crag, set high on the hillside above the namesake mountain pass. We’d stumbled across it in 1995 and been enchanted by the feeling of […]
Malaga Hinterland РTeba and Ca̱ete
Malaga is one of eight Provinces of Andalusia (can you name the others… AlmerÃa, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, and Seville). From the perspective of the average British tourist, it’s […]
North of Granada – MoclÃn and Tiena
The bulk of the crags in the Granada guide are north of the city. We’d chatted to a couple of climbers at Capileira the previous week – a Welsh woman […]
Las Alpujarras
Las Alpujarras is a natural and historical region in Andalusia on the southern slopes of the Sierra Nevada. The average elevation is 1,200 metres, and there’s generally a view of […]
A to Z on the way to Granada РAyna to Z̼jar
We were heading to Granada to catch up with Jim and Claire for a week’s flying visit. Rather than blast around the coastal motorway system, we opted for the cross-country […]
L’Amagatall del Cabeçò
This is a long post for a small crag owing to some spectacularly unusual routes and some great pics of them. The “magic” of Facebook (tongue in cheek, but it […]
Vinalopó – Alicante beyond the Costa
There’s much more to Alicante climbing than the Costa Blanca, and the publication of a new guidebook to the hinterland region in the Vinalopó River valley presented a good excuse […]
Clubbing on the Costa (Rucksack Clubbing that is!)
Nope, we haven’t been out on the lash in Benidorm – we’ve been enjoying the company of the Rucksack Club on the Costa Blanca! For about a dozen years, Helen […]
Another Spot of Bove… Bovesponja
Camping Escalada, near GandÃa, is a pretty handy stopover on the way south towards the Blanca, and perfectly situated for the string of crags which form a backdrop: Bovedon, Bovedos […]
Ròtova – a hidden gem
More scouring of the Internet threw up another interesting sounding crag in the vicinity of GandÃa, and only 15mins from our base at Camping Escalada. Ròtova might only have about […]
More Rock Around Castellón – Xert, Ayódar and Torrechiva
The Baix Maestrat region is towards the north of Castellón, inland from Vinaros, and with a damp day in prospect we took the opportunity to relocate to explore another bunch […]
Rock Around Castellón – Botalaria, Torres d’en Domenec and Murs
RockAroundTheWorld is back on the road, heading to Spain and armed with a box full of new guidebooks that Santa managed to squeeze down the chimney. First stop Castellón, to […]
First Kiss / Last Route
It seemed like no time since we’d arrived, but it was already our last climbing day in Rum. It’s quite a lot of faff to get there (see “logistics” notes […]
Hiker’s Road
The twin towers of North and South Nassrani were the only major features not ascended by the Bedouin, before the arrival of European climbers. The North peak was finally climbed […]
The Star of Abu Judaidah
One of my motivations for joining this Wadi Rum trip was the opportunity for some more “puerile ticking” from Parois de Légende. Arnaud Petite has included a total of nine […]
Wadi Rum and Black Magic
Wadi Rum, in Jordan, has been on my bucket list for almost three decades. Initial awareness and inspiration were prompted by an ad hoc slideshow from the Tony Howard, the […]
Dalmatian Delights
The Montenegro monsoon had us cutting short our plans and fleeing northwards. Things looked to improve somewhere around Split, so we hopped on the ferry across Kotor Bay and headed […]
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