The great Wolfman epic
It was a day like any other. It started off with an average breakfast and a gentle amble to the cliffs where the route American Beauty, HVS 5a resides. We […]
It was a day like any other. It started off with an average breakfast and a gentle amble to the cliffs where the route American Beauty, HVS 5a resides. We […]
Last Friday Derek, Pat, Cat and I had a nice after work session over at Deeply Vale. If you haven’t visited Deeply Vale before it is an unassuming crag, but […]
Recently a group of stag do revellers ventured up Wales’ highest mountain, Snowdon in pyjamas and trainers. They managed it; got off the mountain alive and no doubt have a […]
6 days till the official start of British summer and for me it can’t come soon enough! Not that it will change anything, apart from my naive expectations. For the […]
In my haste to write a post about my fall the other day I failed to mention one of the crucial things every climber needs, a good belayer. On this […]
A monday evening trip to Wilton 3 near Bolton brought success and new experiences. On such an unassuming evening big moves were made and progresss was chartered! Firstly Jordan G’s […]
After 2 weeks of dreary rain, Saturday marked a brief break in the weather. Making a dash for this sliver of opportunity were Will, Mark, Steve and myself. Setting off […]
Although I feel that I have nowhere near enough experience to write such a post I thought it would be interesting to catalogue the things experience has taught me in […]
After a day of dreary weather on Saturday I awoke on Sunday to find the sun bursting through the clouds. Jordan Taylor picked me up in Fallowfield at around 9am […]
Whilst I am in the zone with writing some blog posts I thought it would be nice to write about my first experience climbing an E1. For many of us […]
Whilst at a crag in El Chorro I recently heard someone say that climbing is 80% confidence and 20% footwork. To be honest I think this is bang on the […]
Since joining the MOB (Bury Mountaineering Club) I have relished getting out. The added pleasure of climbing with a group, the experiences, the banter and the booze all make for […]
As a young boy the idea of joining a club was met with youthful enthusiasm. By the age of 12 I had joined quite a few “clubs”, the cubs, a […]
Having never written a blog before, I thought it was time to warm up those typing fingers and get the juices flowing. First of all a little background on me […]