The Precipice – Acadia National Park
The Precipice is probably the best bit of rock in the park; a 200ft high crag of immaculate pink granite, with great views over The Atlantic. Not to be confused […]
Otter Cliffs – Acadia National Park
Acadia is pretty much the only National Park in the North East (certainly the only one on our itinerary) and covers much of Mount Desert Island on the coast of […]
Barrett’s Cove Cliff, Camden Hills
Camden Hills didn’t make it into the list of recommendations when I asked for advice on our North East America roadtrip on Mountain Project, but it’s a handy stop off […]
Shagg Crag – Heading into Maine
After three days of slabs we left North Conway heading north past Mount Washington… … in search of steeper rock, with some holds (and some gear!) Shagg Crag, just over […]
Whitehorse Ledge – Cathedral’s Slabby Sister
Whitehorse is the other major North Conway cliff; less than a mile from Cathedral Ledge, and from a distance they look like identical twins.Get closer though and it’s clear that […]
Cathedral Ledge – Welcome to the Granite State
New Hampshire’s nickname is The Granite State, and so while Rumney may well be its most popular climbing area, the traditional home of NH climbing is The White Mountainswith Cathedral […]
Rumney – Welcome to New Hampshire
After a glorious drive through the Green Mountains of Vermont we arrived in New Hampshire and the first New England destination of our trip. Rumney ranks somewhere in the Top […]
Ark Wall, Shelving Rock – into The Adirondacks
New York’s other major climbing area is The Adirondack Mountains, or “Dacks” for short, which is a huge area of land: 6 million acres, and larger than the whole state […]
The Gunks – first stop on the RockAroundTheWorld NE America roadtrip
After a hassling day of picking up our motorhome (RV) and battling the New York City traffic, we bade farewell to the Big Apple… and headed north to arguably the […]
Petit Grepon
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 […]
Outer Space, Eldorado Canyon and a memorable birthday
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 […]
Colorado National Monument – Otto’s Route
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 […]
The Scenic Cruise
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 […]
Comic Relief
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 […]
Into The Black
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 […]
Glenwood Canyon and a handy stop-off
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 […]
The Diamond, Long’s Peak
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 […]
Bill and Dom’s Excellent Adventure – Episode 11 arrives in Colorado
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 […]
Ilam Rock, Dovedale
A brief lull in the monsoon and Jake was keen to get out in The Peak. His suggestion was Ilam Rock, Dovedale, partly motivated by an Extreme Rock tick (Easter […]
High Tor and other crags beginning with H
The bizarre weather continues – lashing it down one minute and blue skies the next, with the forecasters struggling to call the difference (just pick the forecast that tells the […]
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