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Guy Anne, Chamonix

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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 […]

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France, French Alps

Bramcrag Quarry

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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 […]

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Lakes, UK

Erboristeria

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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, […]

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Italy, Northern Italy

The Ruins

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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 […]

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The South West, USA

Tashy’s first BigWall

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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 […]

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California, USA

Salathe Wall on El Cap

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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 […]

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California, USA

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

You DON’T always get what you pay for

December 22, 2020by Dominic 3 Comments

Here’s a departure – RockAroundTheWorld’s first Gear Review, prompted by a couple of outstanding customer service experiences, and two unbelievably shoddy ones. Before diving in, have a go at ranking […]

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Gear Reviews

Sunny Intervals

December 17, 2020by Dominic Leave a comment

I got one of those “your memories on Facebook from 4 years ago” notifications the other day… It had me scratching my head. Where was that shirtless climbing under stunning […]

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Peak, UK, Wales

Chasing the Ephemeral

December 5, 2020by Dominic 1 Comment

I signed off my last post with the first snows of winter, and that evening a forecasted high pressure / blue-skies day had my thoughts turning to a quick fix […]

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Lakes, UK

Lockdown 2.0

December 4, 2020by Dominic 2 Comments

Not the November we’d planned (which would have involved chasing the sun around Europe’s finest climbing spots!) but you’ve got to make the most of what you’ve got… Having The […]

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Peak, UK, Yorkshire

RockAroundTheWorld Retrospective – The 2004-5 BIG TRIP Part 3: California – Big Trees to J Tree via The Big Stone

November 19, 2020by Dominic 3 Comments

If you missed the first couple of installments of our Big Trip Retrospective, you can follow our blast around Eastern Europe and Scandinavia here: https://rockaroundtheworld.co.uk/2020/06/22/rockaroundtheworld-retrospective-the-big-trip-part-1-around-the-baltic-in-80-days/ and our trip across the […]

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California, USA

Rucksack Club Charity Calendar in support of Urban Uprising

November 5, 2020by Dominic Leave a comment

Thanks to the magic of the Internet and a lot of great help (Cheers JP especially!) I’ve pulled together The 2021 Rucksack Club Charity Calendar from the back of the […]

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Rucksack Club

A brief dip into Provence followed by a deja vu dash

October 28, 2020by Dominic 1 Comment

As autumnal weather begins to make itself felt, we headed a bit further south and to lower altitude into Provence. The Alpilles, centred on Saint-Remy, are a range of modest […]

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France, Provence and South East

Three Sides of Rocher Baron

October 25, 2020by Dominic Leave a comment

We first visited Rocher Baron almost 25 years ago, with two tiny tots in tow. The appeal at that point was the roadside / “pram-able” nature of the nearest south-east […]

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France, Provence and South East

Le Pouit – Incy Wincy spider climbs up the rock again!

October 24, 2020by Dominic Leave a comment

After two days of continuous rain, we were pretty much climbing up the walls of the van and desperate to get onto the crag. Normally, we use any rain interruptions […]

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France, Provence and South East

Casse de Prelles and Les Ayes

October 21, 2020by Dominic Leave a comment

Casse de Prelles is an east-facing series of quartzite slabs and pinnacles set above the village of the same name. Here’s a view taken from across the valley a couple […]

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France, Provence and South East

Briancon revisited – Hot Rock and Pudding

October 20, 2020by Dominic 1 Comment

It’s only a short drive from the Ligurian coast to the Durance valley; around 3 hours over the Montgenevre Pass linking these two tremendously diverse and abundant climbing areas. Each […]

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France, Provence and South East

Finale (the original one!)

October 17, 2020by Dominic 1 Comment

We’ve been firm fans of Oltre Finale (which translates as “beyond” Finale) for a number of years now, but had written off its more famous and long-standing neighbor as being […]

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Italy, Northern Italy

Aosta round up – more rock than you can shake a stick at!

October 15, 2020by Dominic 2 Comments

With so much climbing I’ve got into a bit of a “back-blog” so here’s a quick round up of the other crags we visited in the Aosta Valley: Corno di […]

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Italy, Northern Italy

Another Day In (Grand) Paradiso

October 12, 2020by Dominic Leave a comment

A message from Will, fresh back from Leonidio, prompted a further exploration of the crags further up the Valgrisenche. He and a Cham team were planning a foray through the […]

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Italy, Northern Italy

Matterhorn and Monte Rosa

October 11, 2020by Dominic Leave a comment

No, we haven’t packed big boots and crampons for this trip. The Aosta guide is a huge tome, organised into sections according to area, and the valleys leading up to […]

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Italy, Northern Italy

La Ravoire and Leverogne

October 7, 2020by Dominic 2 Comments

The Aosta Valley runs for almost 100km from just north of our campsite (Camping Mombarone) … up to Courmayeur and the Mont Blanc tunnel. There’s a tonne of rock (140 […]

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Italy, Northern Italy

Gruviera and Montestrutto – into Val d’Aosta

October 6, 2020by Dominic 3 Comments

We’re taking advantage of a weather window to explore the climbing around Grand Paradiso and the Aosta Valley, starting in the lower valley whilst things perk up and dry out […]

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Italy, Northern Italy

Weathering Storm Alex

October 3, 2020by Dominic Leave a comment

Alex, the first named storm of the year, was forecasted to dump about 6 inches of the wet stuff on Val Penneveire on Friday, threatening to put a major dampener […]

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Italy, Northern Italy

Rocca dell’Arma – up into the clouds

September 30, 2020by Dominic 2 Comments

With Jake and Leah having a rest day, we took the opportunity to explore the top end of Val Penneveire. Rocca dell’Arma sits at around 1,400m near Colle di Carpauna […]

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Italy, Northern Italy

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