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Mescalito goes free…?

“I climb for the long, difficult journeys that have little chance of success but teach me the most. I climb to be in the environment that makes me feel like anything is possible. I climb to push myself to the limit of my physical and mental abilities, so that I can discover what I am [...]

A Life Less Ordinary – One Man’s Journey to a Career on Rock

A door to another world; an epiphany; a light turned on – I’ve used all the cliches over the years. But however it’s described my light-bulb moment was being taken climbing with the scouts when I was 12. For someone who’d never had anything in particular to focus on climbing was the full package – [...]

Improving your climbing photography – 12 week mini course – week12

Sadly this is the final installment of our climbing photography 12 week mini course. We hope you’ve enjoyed it…

An introduction to Welsh winter climbing

So it’s getting cold, the clocks have gone back and as a rock climber you face an interminable few months of inactivity or at best a regular incarceration inside a chalky climbing wall. A miserable prognosis I’m sure you’ll agree. That is of course unless you have the funds and inclination to hit the continent for some unseasonal sun rock and as attractive as that may sound I believe there is a better, more rewarding way to get your winter kicks and extend your climbing season to a whopping 12 months a year. Join me on a whistle stop tour of some of the exciting and accessible delights of Welsh winter climbing where we’ll be looking at some good introductory climbs up to grade II.

Improving your climbing photography – 12 week mini course – week11

Hi everyone, here we are at week 11 of my 12 week mini climbing photography series, just one week to go. I hope you’ve found it useful so far.

Improving your climbing photography – 12 week mini course – week10

For this week’s climbing photography lesson, I have just three words: review, review, review!

Improving your climbing photography – 12 week mini course – week9

Hi all. I hope you’re enjoying my climbing photography series? In this week’s topic we’re going to cover some of my pet peeves…

Improving your climbing photography – 12 week mini course – week8

Hi all, welcome to week 8 of our rock climbing photography masterclass. This week we’ll be covering composition.

Improving your climbing photography – 12 week mini course – week7

Now then fellow climbers. How’s that photography coming along. We’re going to be running a competition soon to see who of you out there has an eye for a great photo. We’ll be offering some cool prizes too so watch this space…

Anyway, back to our climbing photography course.

Improving your climbing photography – 12 week mini course – week6

Hey up folks. Week 6 here of our 12 week mini course on climbing photography. I hope you’re getting out there and get some good pictures. This week we’re all about styling…