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Offline

Sorry for the lack of blogging but I bought my very first house at the beginning of may. Exciting and scary times are ahead. In moving I have been without interweb for some four weeks. Hopefully this will be sorted … Continue reading

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Giving the Beacon nothing but problems!

Well today I have been giving the beacon problems, about 11 of them to be precise. They range from easy to V5/6. They are all on the slab area and range from thin crimpy little numbers, slopey volume and a … Continue reading

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Missing Out

I have been up the top quarries a few times this year and everytime I am somewhat bewildered at people who flock to the new easy sports climbs in Bus Stop. Please don’t get me wrong, I do not want … Continue reading

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Busy Bee

Well, It has been over a week since I was last on here blogging. It hasn’t been due to doing nothing to blog about. In fact it is quite the opposite. I have instead been bogged down with too much … Continue reading

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Evening Sends

Since lobbing off Belldance, I have been back on the slate. I have had a couple of evenings around never neverland, one with Llion and one with the Evans. We did simialr things and managed to rack up ascents on … Continue reading

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What goes up must come down!

Well in keeping with the pushing myself. I had eyes on a hard route on the Dervish slab, I choose it because despite being bold it is essentially safe on the crux. I made it more so by climbing the … Continue reading

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Convincing myself I can still climb!

By modern standards I consider myself a reasonable climbing. I can turn up at a crag and happily climb in the lower extreme. However I have before operated at high grades, the one thing different between then and now other … Continue reading

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Lead Climb Coaching Weekend

  I have had a great weekend working on a lead climb coaching weekend for Plas Y Brenin. I had two clients who climb together regularly. Which meant we had a great crack from the  word go. They climb a … Continue reading

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Success and Failure

I have had a few days off and tried to pack a lot in. So on my first day off I went out with Neil Gresham who had come back up from London to attempt the pass trilogy, after 5 … Continue reading

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Awesome Wales – Superman of the Pass and Ice Trilogy

I have for that last three days been out teaching winter related things. This included Sargents Gully and a bit of parsley fern friday. winter skills on saturday and guiding up snowdon yesterday. I have a rest day now, before … Continue reading

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