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The Crack at the Arc'academy
A week in and around Chamonix mid June involved helping out with the Arc'teryx Alpine Academy for a weekend, meeting a lot of sound people, watching some special films, some downhill mountain...
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The Indian Face
The weather is great for 2 weeks in Wales, a rare treat after last year. On Tuesday 9th July I set off walking up to cloggy with 2 ropes, a rack and a grigri. At some point the week before I’d decided...
View ArticleThe Big Bang & Premuir footage
Some old school footage from Al Hughes and Al Leary of Neil Carson on the Big Bang LPT for the Welsh channel S4C. Apart from talking through the style of the route Neil talks about how he thought...
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Scotland & Extreme Rock
Had a great road trip up to Scotland climbing a variety of esoteric and classic climbs. I’ve often wondered how Scottish climbers dealt with both the poor weather and the midges but before setting...
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The Ambassador, E8 7a
The climb goes up the arête before following the line towards the top just left of the abseil rope. Small dots of chalk give the line Johnny Dawes had mentioned that the blunt Prow of the Milestone...
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Rapid Rock, September 2013...
Above Stromboli Buttress on the 1st week with Nicholas, Fruit, Kate, Dave, Tina and Paul. The September 2013 Rapid Rock at Plas Y Brenin has sadly come to an end. Its been a great month and we've been...
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BLCCs 2013
Having become a provider for the new Mountain Training coaching awards I decided to head to the BLCCs to see what was involved in current competitions. It was held at the new Awesome Walls in...
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Ticks Groove
On my first trips to Wales many of the times would involve a Paul Williams guidebook. Falcon…"you pull out right and the exposure hits you in the face like a frying pan" Great wall… "An ascent on a...
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Optical Express
My most recent sponsor is quite an interesting one. I’ve had particularly bad eyesight for 2 decades and when I got handed my first pair of glasses my optician told me I’d be wearing them forever....
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Mountain Trainings Coaching Award Scheme
I applied rather last minute to become a provider for the Mountain Trainings climbing coaching award schemes. I’ve run a lot of Climbing Wall Award trainings the last few years and figured the...
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Laser Eyes!
I was pretty nervous about the laser eye surgery booked in for the 20th November. I’d managed to drain my adrenal gland somewhat the previous day trying a tricky climb called Parthion Shot, which...
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Parthionless to Patagonia
The year coming up I decided to resign my contract with Plas Y Brenin. I’ll be running some of my own courses, doing more MLs for Phill and Lisa George and will be climbing more. I’ll be joining...
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Patagonia
Cerro Torre in the morning light The final headwall pitch had been challenging, super exposed and at the end of a cold bivy and 2 days climbing in the cold. Seracs three times the size of Kilnsey...
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The Llanberis Slate
The Dinorwic slate quarries are an impressive and atmospheric place to climb having some of the finest pitches around and also offering some of the best views of Llanberis, the Pass and Crib Goch....
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BLCCs 2013
Having become a provider for the new Mountain Training coaching awards I decided to head to the BLCCs to see what was involved in current competitions. It was held at the new Awesome Walls in...
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Ticks Groove
On my first trips to Wales many of the times would involve a Paul Williams guidebook. Falcon…"you pull out right and the exposure hits you in the face like a frying pan" Great wall… "An ascent on a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Optical Express
My most recent sponsor is quite an interesting one. I’ve had particularly bad eyesight for 2 decades and when I got handed my first pair of glasses my optician told me I’d be wearing them forever....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mountain Trainings Coaching Award Scheme
I applied rather last minute to become a provider for the Mountain Trainings climbing coaching award schemes. I’ve run a lot of Climbing Wall Award trainings the last few years and figured the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Laser Eyes!
I was pretty nervous about the laser eye surgery booked in for the 20th November. I’d managed to drain my adrenal gland somewhat the previous day trying a tricky climb called Parthion Shot, which...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Parthionless to Patagonia
The year coming up I decided to resign my contract with Plas Y Brenin. I’ll be running some of my own courses, doing more MLs for Phill and Lisa George and will be climbing more. I’ll be joining...
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