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Emergency SMS Service
With the news of personal locator beacons getting the green light for mountaineers, climbers and any other outdoor enthusiast in the UK I thought it also a good idea to re-promote the Emergency SMS service. Once you have registered your phone you will be able to txt 999 in case of emergency, this is for [...]
Dry Tooling At The Foundry, Sheffield
I’ve done plenty of seasons ice climbing over the last 13 years, I’ve done gully’s and ridges in Scotland and the Lakes, climbed Water Ice in Norway and in the Alps, but so far I’ve never done any of serious mixed climbing, sure I’ve torqued an icy crack on a buttress when the ice has [...]
Winter Climbing – Little Stanger Gill, A Lakeland Classic
Seeing as it’s starting to turn cold, we thought it might be nice to get you ice heads revved up about the upcoming winter climbing season. This is my account of Little Stanger Gill from last season. There I was dozing off on my sofa, after finishing off the remainder of the plate full of [...]
Indoor Competitions. Not Just for Super Heroes
Ever seen the adverts for your local walls bouldering competition? My regular venue, The Climbing Depot has just finished it’s summer bouldering league. The basics were 30 problems from very easy (V0) to very hard (V11) with one month to complete as many as you can in the least number of goes, the quicker you [...]
Rising Star – Emma Powell
Emma Powell, Aged 10. (11 in December) is a rising star, and a name to keep your eyes and ears open for. I caught up with Emma and her Dad Phil for an interview at the Harrogate Climbing Centre. If you climb at any of the walls around Leeds and York you will have probably seen this extremely [...]
A Long Weekend Bouldering in Font – Doing it on a Budget
Is a long weekend really long enough to enjoy the magic of Fontainebleau bouldering on a budget? There was only really one way to answer this; road trip! Thursday evening after work I packed up the car with a tent, roll mat, sleeping bag, BBQ, Solutions and chalk bucket and set out for a long [...]
The Almscliff Rite of Passage
The iconic crag of Almscliff is high on the hillside near Otley, home to many three star classic gritstone routes such as Great Western HVS 5a , Demon Wall HVS 5 and Wall Of Horrors E4 6a. However, it’s the bouldering that we’re interested in. The crag features many a route that could contribute to [...]
An introduction to outdoor bouldering
So you’ve been indoor bouldering for a little while and are getting pretty good, your moving pretty well on the problems. You might even be starting to push your grade a little. What’s next? The next logical step is to voyage onto some real problems outside, on real rock – where there are no colored [...]
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