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

Welcome to life in the desert and the climbers playground of Joshua Tree National Park – This is the view from our tent: The jet lag / acclimatisation still has us held in a kind of lethargic state of shock. Basic human functioning still requires conscious effort, so the initial idea of climbing every rock… Read more

America! What a shock! There have been some major re-adjustments for our bodies and brains to contend with over the past few days! A new continent, a new time zone (with 20 hours difference), a new hemisphere, a new latitude, a new season of the year and a drastic shift in temperature and humidity! All… Read more

Today is likely to be one of the longest of my life! It’s the 3rd March. We’ve been surfing all day on the south coast of Fiji and then travelled back to Nadi airport to catch the 21.40 plane. In a few hours we’ll board an eleven hour flight to Los Angeles, and when we… Read more

Well we did have two celebrations when we got married, so why not have two honeymoons as well! Having spent our first honeymoon skiing, we’d always wondered what it would be like to have taken a honeymoon on a tropical desert island; so what better place to find out than here in Fiji. Away from… Read more

Nervous excitement of the unknown of what may, or may, not lay ahead hung in the air as we drove through the streets of Nadi. The air conditioned minibus had picked us up early and was taking us and a couple of other surfers to their boat at a small marina. We’d been keen to… Read more