Completing Almscliff’s Big Three
Back in Blighty after two months on some of Europe’s finest limestone sport crags, there’s little enthusiasm for local bolt-clipping. The appeal of the convenience and comfort of the “metal […]
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Tremadog – Cream, Vulcan and Falcon
A gloomy forecast across the UK, with occasional chinks of dryness had Jake and me heading for North Wales in hope rather than expectation. Even the usual safe bet of […]
Unicorn and Scansor – Stob Coire nan Lochan
These two Extreme Rock routes have been on my to-do list for many years, and fitted the “high and shady” profile that mid-20 temps in Glencoe demanded. Of course, the […]
Shelter Stone Crag – The Needle, Steeple and Haystack
With tricky access to anywhere Alpine, Paul and Andy had pencilled in a short week away somewhere in the UK, and were happy to have me along as a third […]
Langdale Extreme Rock ticking
Jake’s climbing adventures have taken him to many of the finest crags in England and Wales (and further afield) but apart from a couple of Borrowdale excursions, he’d never climbed […]
Saxon on Scafell
Waking up in Wasdale (after celebrating Nick’s Joss Naylor success) to find it wasn’t raining, there really was only one option – a day on Scafell. It’s a pain to […]
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