Out-Flanking Floris
Jake had a couple of days’ window before starting a stretch of night shifts, but the imminent arrival of Storm Floris sweeping in from the west was looking like scuppering […]
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Three days in North Wales – 3 different rock types on 3 new (to me) crags
We’ve spent much of the spring and summer in North Wales, from celebrating the Centenary of the CC hut at Helyg, to the BMC International Meet in the Pass… .. […]
Pen Llŷn Liaisons (not so Dangerous!)
The Llŷn Peninsula extends for over 30 miles into the Irish Sea, and if you count all the crinkles it doesn’t take a genius to work out there’s getting on for […]
BMC International Meet and Gogarth
Brilliant to re-launch the BMC’s International Climbing Meet after an eight year gap (another victim of Covid that’s taken a while to get back on its feet). With the hiatus […]
Pabbay
Pabbay and it’s neighbour Mingulay have become part of the British climbing Hall of Fame over the last decade, jostling in amongst the established royalty of Gogarth, Cloggy, Scafell and […]
Tuscany
The final stop on our Italian Job was Tuscany. Whilst we’d been bathing in largely unbroken sunshine in Sicily and southern Italy (ironically, as had much of Britain!) the north […]
Campania Climbing and a Stunning Sea Cliff
After our serendipitous Calabrian encounter we headed north into Campania, the region that contains Naples, Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast as some of its more renowned landmarks. For those who […]
Calabria Climbing and Serendipity
Heading north from Sicily, in the vague direction of Salerno (the next region with any significant climbing) we needed a stopover to break the journey. Helen is a campsite-finding genius, […]
Palermo
I’ve never played any of those “Civilisation” style games, where you choose somewhere to found a settlement and then try to grow a metropolis. However, you can see what attracted […]
San Vito Lo Capo – Scogliera Di Salinella. Part 2: South and Far South
If you missed Part 1, it’s worth checking here: Continuing our north to south traverse of Scogliera Di Salinella – next stop: South – heading right from the campsite (past […]
San Vito Lo Capo – Scogliera Di Salinella. Part 1: North to Campsite
Sicily is the logical and aesthetic end-point for an Italian climbing road trip. Not only is it the obvious objective, perched at the farthest extremity of the peninsula (a good […]
Statte – Climbing on Italy’s Instep
Our exploration of the foot of Italy has moved from the ankle to the instep. Statte is a small town, just inland from the sprawling industrial port of Taranto. Non-descript […]
Ciao e Benvenuti in Italia – First stop Puglia
Rockaroundtheworld is branching out from the usual Spanish and Greek winter haunts to spend the early part of 2025 in Italy, so Benvenuti! Why not buckle up and join us! […]
Red Rocks – It IS Red and there ARE Rocks in It!
Red Rocks is a justifiably world-renowned destination climbing area, and contrary to the quirky 1980s cider ad by Leslie Nielsen, it IS red and there ARE rocks in it! The […]
White Stone around Red Rocks
Las Vegas is an extraordinary story of city-building. Fuelled by tolerant gambling regulations, and the construction of the Hoover Dam, the population of 5,000 in the early 30s, has grown […]
St George – Sandstone and Basalt
St George, Utah, lies about a hundred miles east of Las Vegas, Nevada, but by a strange quirk of boundaries, it’s two States away, with the I15 nipping through a […]
Mojave Limestone and The Grail a.k.a. Lime Kiln Canyon
Whilst Las Vegas is famed for Red Rocks, and Southern Utah for Moab and Indian Creek, between these two sandstone Meccas lies a tremendous wealth of less well-known climbing – […]
New Jack City a.k.a. Sawtooth Canyon
WARNING – IF YOU ARE PHOBIC ABOUT 8-LEGGED CREATURES DON’T LOOK TOO CLOSELY AT THE PHOTO A COUPLE DOWN THE POST. The main claim to fame of Barstow, in southern […]
Pinnacles National Park and the Western Sierra
Lake Tahoe marked a decision point in our trip, with options eastward towards Salt Lake City, or extending our north-bound trajectory through Oregon to Smith Rock. Unfortunately, a major cold […]
Lake Tahoe, Lover’s Leap and The “Best VS in the World”?
Lake Tahoe straddles the border between California and Nevada in the northern Sierras. Lying at 6,225 ft above sea level, Lake Tahoe earns a few entries in the record books: […]
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