An esoteric but most excellent adventure to the alluring Church Rock sea stack near Bosherston in Pembroke using an incongruous armada of sea vessels. Much to our suprise the stack was duly reached and no-one drowned, drifted half-way to America or required rescuing by a Sea King taxi. Consequently the photogenic “crag classic” VS called […]
The Golden Ice Axe Project
Introduction Around the start of September I spotted a wooden axe for sale on ukclimbing. It appeared to be in reasonable condition, and I had wanted one for my wall for a while so I sent off an email. A few days later a slightly rusty but serviceable “interalp camp” turned up at my office. […]
The End of the World is Nice
After my finals, my Uni club went to Cornwall for a week. From Newcastle. What were we thinking? It rained every day. In fact, it rained so much we bailed and stopped in at the Roaches for a day or two, since it was on the way back. It rained some more. Now that I […]
Alps trip 2014
The first 2 weeks of August saw the AMC return to the lovely Saas Valley in Switzerland. Unusually, this year there was no mass entry to the campsite, but people dropping in and out throughout the time there. All told 15 people joined the happy throng over there, making for a very enjoyable little community. […]
Aiguille Dibona
A long held ambition to climb the classic “Face Sud Classique” aka “Voie Berthet/Boell/Stofer” on the mighty Aiguille Dibona 3131m. First climbed by Angelo Dibona in 1913 and although of modest height, the Dibona has inspired generations of climbers and is surely one of the most beautiful and spectacular mountains in Europe! 🙂
The Staffordshire Nose
A blood sacrifice at the altar of Brown and Whillans Every climber has heard of The Nose. Perhaps the most iconic route there is, often dreamt of, much aspired-to, but unfortunately also a bloody long way from Bristol. So we devise our own challenges, closer to home. Girdle traverses are a favourite, maintaining the feeling […]
South Pembrokeshire Trip
The trip went very well and the Met Office forecast of rain was completely wrong, the only problem we had was dealing with sunburn. Any a great hit on Church Rock through the use of Kayaks was claimed along with various parties climbing at St Govans head, Flimson and Bow shaped slabs, a lot of […]
Dewerstone video
A delightful day out at one of Dartmoor’s finest venues, namely The Dewerstone in South West Devon, on one of the crag classics called “Central Groove” which is surely one the best climbs of it’s grade at Hard Severe in the UK. Set in the magical ancient wooded valley of Shaugh Prior by the babbling […]
Sacre Coeur
A grand day out on the amazing sea stack formation of Blackchurch Rock on the Culm Coast near Hartland in North Devon. There are a number of most excellent routes on this fantastic foreshore pinnacle, complete with two walk-through tunnels, but the jewel in the crown is the superlative and most photogenic E2 5c “Sacre […]