Back up in the valley again, for another fine few pitches of climbing… After a bit of office work in the morning, the three pitch route was perfect for an afternoon jaunt. After the first pitch, the next two felt a bit harder than advertised and required a few brave moves standing on tiny smears… Read more

We’re starting to get into the groove of climbing the longer rock routes in the valley. Although there are so many to choose from, it’s still critical to be picking the right grade, style, aspect, approach time, method of descent, weather forecast, length of climb, kit to carry etc etc, so its taken a few… Read more

As we’re going to be staying in this new area for the next month, and having both conceded that were actually pretty tired and fending off colds, (probably brought on by an exhausting June), we decided to take a couple of days of rest to explore on foot, taking in the local area while keeping… Read more