“If you don’t know your warthog from your windslab then this is the talk for you!” Well I do know what a warthog is now thanks to Barry...

Lisa and I went to the Fairhead trad festival back over the first weekend in June. Here’s a few of our pics to whet the appetite for a...

Authors Jan and Phil Morris. Leonidio is a small Greek town (pop 4000 ish) surrounded by market gardens and close to numerous beaches. In...

On Thursday evening last week Owen and I started the long red eye drive up to Scotland overnight to stay at the Charles Inglis Clark...

To kick off February to an adventurous start, a group of 9 of us planned a trip to explore the Cumbrian mountains, basing ourselves at...

On the walk in to the hut the plan was fairly simple, climb a couple of easy routes to get feel for the conditions, and avoid any epics....

Friday Maria, Esther and Isabel headed up early on Friday for a day of trad at Bamford Edge – low grade stuff including some solos and...

The Scottish border opened for leisure last Monday. The Saturday before, after a week of nights, I found the stars had aligned 😀 a good...

Thanks to all who made it along at the weekend, and especially the organisers. Four successful day meets were held; The Black mountains,...

Saturday 3rd January dawned clear and cold, it looked like we were going to steal a sunny days climbing from the gods. Nope nope, they...

Thanks to everyone who pushed back the duvet and had positive thoughts about today:). You’re all crazy! The crag started dry with a few...

Given that this weekend was the first post the latest lockdown it was always my intention to get out and about in the hills. After seeing...

Thanks to all who joined us for the orienteering friendly at Ashton Court last Thursday. I think Alastair’s GPS trace sums up the...

Following the traverse of the crescent slab, Pavey Ark “I’m too old to sit in a campsite cooking on a gas stove, we have to go somewhere...

At this time of year you might be preparing to book onto some winter training. This is a popular topic of conversation around the camp...

I didn’t fancy driving out to the Wye Valley and George couldn’t make the Tuesday or Thursday meets so we teamed up and headed off to...

After an extremely successful haul of gullies and ice last year, Pete, Cameron, Niall and I hoped to build on our success. In the days...

In midlife I unexpectedly found myself with time on my hands. Wondering what to do with this unwanted and unappreciated turn of fortune,...

A desert trad paradise Wadi Rum landscape Whenever I mention climbing in Jordan, most people are surprised to hear that there is any. Not...

Turning 30, for some reason, is quite daunting. But what better way to mark it than by exhausting yourself in a climbing challenge?...