A great day spent sampling the climbing delights of Red Rock Canyon! Blue skies, red rocks, and miles and miles of cliffs to explore… We drove straight out from camp to the nearby park entrance, and shortly afterwards began the walk in to our first climbs on the vibrantly red super sandstone… There are literally Read more

Back on the road today, after our night with Clint. We started off by having to drive a section of the historic American ‘Route 66’ which took us past all sorts of wacky 50s diners and old Motels that were just as quirky as last night’s stay. Although it was tempting to stop and go Read more

Well the name says it all really. As far as canyons go, they really don’t get much grander than this one! We drove up to the south rim first thing this morning and (unknowingly) parked the van about fifty meters away from the edge of the canyon. From the parking lot, you can’t see the Read more

Having spent a bit of time yesterday consulting our maps and guidebooks, we’ve decided to sneak out of California for a few days and go and check out the Grand Canyon. After all, it is one of the natural wonders of the world, (and having been cited so much during geological and environmental landforms during Read more

Had an enforced rest day in the town of 29 Palms today. As you can see from the photo of the Main Street, it’s hardly a bustling hive of activity, and not the obvious choice of venue for a couple of travelling climbers, but sometimes on trips such as this, you’ve just got to roll Read more

There is so much space around here! Everywhere you look there is desert; rocks and Joshua Trees stretching out far into the distance. We climbed a route described as ‘classic’ yesterday. It seems that the term ‘classic’ loosely translates around here as ‘flared off-width cracks that are hard to protect and desperate to climb’. I Read more