It’s great having friends who call you up, come and visit, and then talk you into doing crazy stuff. The traverse of Gogarth Main Cliff wasn’t exactly high on my priority list (or any list, come to think of it), but soon after an enthusiastic sales pitch, I found myself walking along the cliff tops Read more

According to Paul Pritchard, the slate is best when it’s showery, and today I’d probably have to agree. It was a dreary, damp and misty start to the day, with thick low clouds. After a sociable tea drinking morning, the slates had started to dry at The Cottage; an indication that it was time to Read more

Back in the Slate Quarries today. Started off with a little multi-pitch route on the Never Never Land slab. Bummer to find no lower-off and had to walk off in our rock boots! Glorious sunshine this afternoon, despite the damp start. Got to watch some guys high lining though!  Then on the way out, we Read more

Bank holiday weekend and the weather is feeling warm in Wales for the first time in ages! Despite the crowds in Llanberis, we managed to have the little visited Plateau Slab to ourselves. A very peaceful place for such a busy weekend! That fact that it’s not in the guidebook means that it off the Read more

Had a bit of time today to try out some new designs for the van. I’m keen to try and create some kind of in-situ sofa that can be transformed into a bed. I’ve borrowed a mega sized bouldering pad which almost fits perfectly!  It’s not the exact solution, but has certainly giving me a Read more

Despite the darkening skies, we took the gamble to try and get a climb done in Vivian Quarry today. We were working on the theory that if the heavens opened, at least the routes are single pitch and with only a short dash back to the car park. We climbed ‘Mental Lentils’ HVS (5a) which Read more