Monthly Archives: January 2009

Imagine there’s no heavenIt’s easy if you tryNo hell below usAbove us only skyImagine all the peopleLiving for today… Imagine there’s no google, then how would I have found those lyrics, without listen to the song or finding someone with … Continue reading →

Jerry Moffat has been a climbing hero for several generations of climbers, when I started climbing he was into hard bouldering, and making iconic films link one summer, stick it, stone love, buoux 8c and the real thing. Often with … Continue reading →

Fading into the background, Pete Robins (out of focus) whilst James McHaffie takes the limelight after climbing Strawberries in 2007. Whilst we don’t have a terrible large community, for instance the general population of the whole of North Wales is … Continue reading →

I have just come back from being sat in the famous climbing pilgrimage site of Pete’s Eat, you’ll be glad to know I didn’t eat the food (I am in training!). Now whilst there I observed two things the first … Continue reading →

There is an old book that until this year I had heard of and only seen the list of routes it contains, a kind of classic/hard/extreme rock on acid for the North American Continent. I am lucky enough to rent … Continue reading →

View from my Campus Despite being a little old for little school, I am a rather ageing student at that big school most people call university. To say that I came here by mistake is a little of an understatement, … Continue reading →

Split tips are a small but very annoying injury that can end a day out climbing for all but the most hardcore climbers. There are ways to help aid the repair of a split tip as well as prevent them … Continue reading →

I was at the climbing wall tonight and ran into Louise Neil, the wife of local climbing guru and Plas Y Brenin head of rock climbing Tim Neil. She let slip that Tim is enjoying his five week holiday to … Continue reading →

Llion Morris on a crack in Trafroute With money tight this winter and the strong euro, skiing in Europe has become prohibitively expensive for many people. Travelling further a field also has some problems, however there is one destination that … Continue reading →