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 […]
Three Corners of LlÅ·n
Paul and Andy were free for a few days and keen to explore some uncharted (for them) territory – would I be up for some guiding duties on the LlÅ·n […]
Cloggy Beyond Cancer
Before I set any alarm bells going, I should clarify that I don’t have cancer. This blog post is the latest chapter in a program we’ve been developing at Climbers […]
Back to Trad – Banzai Pipeline and First Steps on the Sharp End
As the “Summer of 26” continues to deliver, I’ve made a couple more baby steps in my recovery, firstly back into mountain trad (albeit in top-rope tough-guy mode) and then […]
A Dip Into The Dales
Continuing the “local, little and often recovery tour”, we headed east to spend a few days in the Yorkshire Dales. There’s plenty of accessible and amenable sports climbing which fits […]
Cumbrian Convalescence
With the van’s newly welded chassis, and me out of my plastic boot, it was time to get us both back on the road. Baby steps for both of us, […]
Two Steps Forward, One Step Backwards
After four weeks, it was a huge relief to get rid of my big plastic boot and knee-crutch (I’m keeping hold of both – sorted for fancy dress options for […]
NWB (Non Weight Bearing)
If you’ve been missing your regular dose of RockAroundTheWorld, I can assure you I’ve been missing it more! Here’s what I’ve been up to (or rather haven’t been up to!) […]
Solway Saunter
Following on from Part 1 of our Galloway Glamping Getaway… Meikle Ross Heading back east, we swapped views of Northern Ireland and Kintyre for the Lakeland fells across the Solway […]
Galloway Glamping
With the weather set fair across the country it seemed like an ideal opportunity for the visit to Mull that we’d been mulling. Unfortunately, our erstwhile trusty van had other […]
Back in Blighty
Having more or less maxed out our 90 days in Shengen, our return on Easter Sunday coincided with the first flush of spring (almost summer!) Perfect timing to join the […]
Olvena and Homeward Bound
Olvena is just north of Huesca, in Arragon, on the southern fringes of the Pyrenees. It’s comfortably within a day’s striking distance of Bilbao (our ferry departure point on the […]
Torrechiva Revisited and AlbarracÃn
If you’ve been following the blog for the last couple of months, you’ll have visited almost 50 crags with us, the vast majority of which were “new this year” to […]
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 […]
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