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Monthly Archives: November 2008
The Hottest Training Tip this winter?
A Season Ticket! That’s right if you want a tip for how to improve your climbing this winter, then I can’t recommend anything more than getting a season ticket to your local climbing wall. What it means is that say … Continue reading
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In Print
You may have detected from my previous blogs that I am reasonably unimpressed with what is currently available in terms of print media. I have ranted on at reasonable length, and what I think is wrong with them. If my … Continue reading
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Some People
I unfortunate couldn’t make it to the BMC Cymru/Wales AGM this Saturday, I have got the joys of several hours of the BMC National Council meeting next weekend. As the area chairman, Mike Raine had arrange a few workshops throughout … Continue reading
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A Father’s Night Out
It probably shows my age, and something about me when I spend my Friday night climbing with the WAG’s and Sunday night with the Fathers. Now unlike the WAG’s the men have more of well manly conversation, so less talk … Continue reading
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Do you Dream of White Horses or is it just a Goal?
We all have a dream, whether its to scale the 3000ft vertical cliffs of El Capitan or something closer to home like traverse across ‘A Dream of White Horses’ at Goagrth. Whatever you dream is there are various strategies to … Continue reading
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An evening amongst friends
I have to admit that usually when I go to my local climbing wall, I am often found in the bouldering wall, hopefully not strutting too manfully about pull down on holds, gurning and power screaming. If you observe this … Continue reading
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Learning Good Technique or Unlearning Bad?
Often people who want to be coached want to improve their technique, which in my mind is often the best way to make rapid improvements, as improving how you climb will improve your grade and confidence without the need for … Continue reading
Posted in climbing, Coaching, Effective practice, learning, rock climbing, Skill Acquisition, Technique
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Who runs the BMC?
As a reader of this blog you are probably aware of the British Mountaineering Council, and a lot of the work that it carries out on the behalf of mountaineers in the UK. As the national representative of climbers, hillwalkers … Continue reading
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The Perfect Man
I first met Tom on my first day at university, fate had put us a few doors apart in Seiriol Hostel, in what is now know as George Site, University of Bangor. It quickly became apparent that Tom could turn … Continue reading
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Message from the UKC editor
It wasn’t long after I had posted this link on UKC (under 5 minutes!) that my phone rang. It was Mick Ryan from UKC, he had already sent me written warning about posting links to my blog, without a commercial … Continue reading
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