Category Archives: climbing

Post about my rock climbing which can include sports climbing, bouldering, trad limbing and even my work as a rock climbing instructor and coach.

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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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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

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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

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