El Rio
Another crag to achieve the acclaim of a 5 karabiners rating in Donde Escalar, El Rio also has sectors that face multiple directions and a range of grades – sounded […]
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Tamadaya
Perhaps the biggest weakness to Tenerife as a sunrock destination is the relative lack of easier sports routes – the rock architecture doesn’t seem to lend itself to slabs and […]
Fasnia
On paper, Fasnia looked to be a good venue for us: a good mix of grades and the option of sun or shade in a fairly handy location. The guide […]
Las Cañadas – Tidy on Teide
Tenerife is very obviously a volcanic island, the biggest clue being the chuffing great volcano at its centre. Mt Teide, the 3rd highest in the world at 3,718m (7,500m from […]
Crushing at Rumney
We managed another three days at Rumney, exploring some of the farther flung sectors (including Orange Crush – hence the post title). We finally hit the sweet spot of weekday […]
The Old Man of the Mountain and back to Rumney
Abandoning The Dacks as the rain arrived and temperatures dropped (further!) we headed back to Rumney for a revisit / return match. We’re nearing the end of the roadtrip and […]
Chapel Pond – Beer Walls and Spider’s Web
Our 3-day weather “window” in The Dacks turned out to be more like a couple of arrow-slits. After glorious weather on Saturday, Sunday was grey and chilly. Unfortunately this coincided […]
Pitchoff Chimney Cliff – Sunshine at last in The Adirondacks
We’d vaguely planned to visit The Dacks a little earlier in October, but somehow (the flutter of a butterfly’s wing?) our NE USA roadtrip got blown off course and stretched […]
Bolton Dome and a taste of Vermont Green Schist
It looks like we’re heading into the weather-dodging phase of our trip, with a 3-day wide band of rain passing through. Our intended next stop in The Dacks looked particularly […]
Lac Long
After Kamouraska, the other climbing area in Québec that came highly recommended is Lac Long. Halfway between Québec City and Montreal, the Parc Naturel Regional de Portneuf has been established […]
Kamouraska – Carling don’t make crags, but…
Close your eyes for a moment and imagine your perfect road-trip crag: Location; Rock; Style of climbing; Amenities etc.Okay, how does this fit the bill: Location: Overlooking the Bas-St- Laurent […]
Three Falls heading into New Brunswick, Canada
Got your attention there, but I’m afraid there was no actual falling involved. After two weeks of great weather, and 13 days of back-to-back climbing, we had the first really […]
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 […]
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