Leonidio – Montanejos Climbing Garden
Good drying weather and wilting arms provided the perfect conditions to get a month’s washing done and have a lazy start… … before heading to the crag. We’d nipped to […]
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Leonidio – RockSpot and Douvari, and SunRock 2019 is well and truly underway
Although the keen team and overlanders have been here for almost a week, the “official” Rucksack Club SunRock meet actually started on Saturday, though clearly I’d forgotten to book the […]
Leonidio – Cave of Panagia
We’d explored a couple of the sectors on the big yellow wall that overlooks the Leonidio valley nearest the coast, above the road to Athens on our last trip – […]
Leonidio – Kokkinovrachos
After another circuitous drive up the “Peloponnes forefinger” and over the mountains from Sparta, we’re back in Leonidio – familiar territory from our 2017 trip it feels like coming home. […]
Rucksack Club Marsden to Edale
A train strike on Northern Rail, a dodgy ankle and a shortfall of moral fibre all combined to suggest a novel twist to the traditional Club New Year curtain raiser… […]
Perma-dry climbing 5 mins from the pub – what’s not to like about New Mills Torrs?
The Rucksack Club evening meet programme got a welcome bonus episode as the autumnal weather provided a dry window of opportunity. Where else to go but NMT when you’re short […]
Last hurrah at Hobby!
The last Rucksack Club evening meet of the year saw the season go out with a bang with a great turnout and fabulous weather. A combination of the usual suspects […]
A Brit Grit fix with Jake
More or less straight off the plane and back into action – Jake’s only home for a couple of days and is keen to get some cragging in. First venue […]
Over the Moon at Gogarth
Helen and I have been organising the annual Rucksack Club Gogarth meet, on Holy Island, Anglesey, for about 15 years now. The formula is pretty simple: take the best crag […]
Roasting at The Roaches
A fabulous afternoon and evening at the Roaches for the Rucksack Club Wednesday evening meet. Perfect blue skies and blazing sunshine were somewhat offset by a chilly easterly blowing over […]
New Mills Torrs
What a difference a week makes – another Wednesday evening meet on quarried grit, but a world of difference in the weather! From 24C down to about 10C and from […]
Beudy Birthday Bash
It’s the 70th Anniversary of the Rucksack Club’s acquisition of our Llanberis hut, Beudy Mawr, and there’s a major gathering to celebrate. For once, the weather gods are smiling and […]
Summer arrives at Hobson Moor
Got lucky again with the weather – REALLY lucky this time! After a shocking winter and early spring, and the washout of the first two Rucksack Club Wednesday evening meets, […]
Siurana – El Ditot and a fitting sunrock finaleÂ
It kept us waiting until the very end, but day 7 of the 2018 SunRock trip finally delivered the kind of day we’d signed up for. Clear skies and warm […]
Arboli – sector El FalcoÂ
We had a dull but dry day in prospect, however, the wind had dropped and the temperature of 8C was enough to have teams heading in all directions for the […]
Margalef – El Cami de L’Ermita
Another dodgy forecast saw a team head for Barcelona in search of some culture and another make a foray to the coast. The rest of us headed to Margalef in […]
Sansuies – Placa del Sol (… and showers!)Â
An unsettled forecast led to much deliberation over guidebooks, Google Maps and various weather apps. Throwing all the data into the melting pot we ended up with a Plan A […]
Siurana – Grau dels Masets – SunRock 2018 Day 1
Day 1 of the 2018 Rucksack Club SunRock Meet, and the “Sun” actually put in an appearance (for pretty much the first time in a week!). We also had a […]
Two sides of Kinder
Saturday saw the annual chance to blow away the cobwebs on the Rucksack Club Marden to Edale meet. Having rejected the idea of “The Double” I’d settled (guiltily)Â into bed […]
A gorgeous day at Gogarth – aren’t they all?Â
Back in Blighty in time to head along to the Manchester University Mountaineering Club (MUMC) and Rucksack Club joint meet at our hut in The Pass. Inevitable drizzle on Saturday […]
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