Cover image: Kevser leading a grade 5 at Akyarlar. (Trip report courtesy of Jan Morris) The best sports climbing venue in Europe (if you climb 6c+)? After a 5 hour flight from Bristol we flew into Antalya airport. The rock in this area is extensive, well bolted (but not closely bolted) and the crags have […]
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Fairhead Trad Festival June 2023
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 meet next year perhaps? We flew from Bristol to Belfast with Easyjet then hired a car for the hours drive north to Ballycastle. The ferry and diesel […]
Leonidio – the best sports climbing venue in Europe?
Authors Jan and Phil Morris. Leonidio is a small Greek town (pop 4000 ish) surrounded by market gardens and close to numerous beaches. In summer the area is popular for sailing but in winter it is visited by climbers. There are numerous crags within walking distance and within easy driving distance. We were climbing there […]
Ben Nevis CIC Hut trip 2022
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 (CIC) memorial hut, under the north face of Ben Nevis. We walked in on Friday morning, helped by a lift to the top car park, dropped our gear at the […]
Lakes Trip (4th – 6th Feb)
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 the YMC hut nestled in the Copper Mines Valley in Coniston. On Friday morning, me and Grace were lucky enough to be able to set off from Bristol bright and […]
An Adventure on the Forbes Arête
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. The Refuge Albert Premier perches on the edge of the Glacier du Tour, with great views across the ice to the sounding peaks. Most of the features looked […]
Women’s Peak District trip 2nd-4th July
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 some leads for Issy and Esther. Polly and Emma headed up to Stoney West for an afternoon of sport climbing. Unfortunately after climbing just 1 route, an incident with […]
Last of the Scottish winter wine
The Scottish border opened for leisure last Monday. The Saturday before, after a week of nights, I found the stars had aligned 😀 a good forecast, routes still being ticked on social media and a keen fit climbing partner ready to go. We left Bristol around 9pm on Sunday, hit cruise control, stopped for the […]
We’re back in business!
Thanks to all who made it along at the weekend, and especially the organisers. Four successful day meets were held; The Black mountains, Fairy cave quarry, Leigh woods and Goblin combe. Sounds like everyone managed to dodge a snow shower and get some sun. If you’re interested in coming along to a day meet please […]