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Full app is on its way to Apple
Just heard from Steve that he has packed the first incarnation of the app across to Apple for final approval. Hopefully this will mean that at the beginning next week it will be available in the App store for everyone … Continue reading
Work and a little play
Well, I spent the weekend working on a ML training for Andy Newton, we did the mountain day and ML ropework. A great weekend of bi-polar weather. I was soaked to my skin on the Saturday, and we had a … Continue reading
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Free Rope Rescue PDF Manual
I have put together a free PDF rope rescue manual for anyone who is interested it comes after I did a rope rescue for climbers course, and Ady who was on the course wanted a manual for revision. Most of … Continue reading
Posted in climbing, Coaching skills, learning, rescue, rock climbing, Rope Rescue, Skill Acquisition
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Slate
I spent the last couple of days up around the Never Never Land area, ticking a few easy and not so easy routes. Yesterday I was easy stuff, and I did a route that has to be the biggest waste … Continue reading
Admin and Slate Hit
Well, even I have to stop from time to time to go to the bank, and even get a hair cut. I have to say I think it has almost been a year since I got my hair cut, one … Continue reading
Lead Climbing Coaching and Crouchan
I spent a lovely day out yesterday at Milestone, coaching Shaun and Sarah in some lead climb coaching. I had previously taught them to lead climb, but it was the first time this season that they were going out, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Climbing, Coaching, Lead Climbing Coaching
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More Red Wall Action and Route Number 96
Today I had the pleasure of Dave Evans company, we had made loose plans for soem adventure, somewhere, although we had hoped to go to Red Wall, the overnight rain made it possible that we were going to be going … Continue reading
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Appointment With Fear
Well, today was the day, I had been tracking it my diary since the middle of last month. It sat there like a veritable red-letter day. It read only ‘The Glorious First – Red Walls?!’, it was the first time … Continue reading
The Red Zone – T minus 12 hours
For six months of the year we can only marvel at its splendor, crisp red rock punctuated by soft sandy lines of weakness. For the devotee this is where Gogarth climbing its at. Steep and sustain climbing with just enough … Continue reading
Alzheimer’s Onsights
With age comes experience, and I would like to think I have accrued a fair amount of that over the years, and there are routes that I climb regularly and each hold is like shaking hands with an old friend. … Continue reading
