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Coastal Climbing Update
Like last year, the outdoor season started strong. The coastal cragging has been great with some real stand-out climbs with various partners. The two hardest climbs on the coast this spring were Subline (E3 5c ***) with Amelia and Vespa … Continue reading
Spring Update
It’s been a great spring here in Scotland this year. Like last year, the nice weather started with tiny bursts of warm days by the end of February and got more frequent around the middle of March. April I think, … Continue reading
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Tagged books, climbing, friends, mountains, movies, multi-pitch, music, scotland, trad climbing
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Skye Bouldering
A few weeks ago now, Amelia attended a conference at the Gaelic school on the Isle of Skye. We went up early with the intention of doing a long mountain route but we suffered an unfortunate breakdown in Drumnadrochit and … Continue reading
Peak Trip Tick List
Day One: Stanage Brad: Manchester Buttress *** HS 4b Amelia: Black Hawk Traverse Left *** V Diff Brad: Eliminator *** HVS 5B Amelia: Flying Buttress (Top 50) HVD 4a Brad: Flying Buttress Direct (Top 50) HVS 5b Amelia: Hollybush Crack … Continue reading
Posted in Climbing, England
Tagged England, friends, Peak, Roaches, Stanage, trad climbing
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The February/March Report
I’m still amazed at how easy the winters are in Scotland. Sure it’s cold and wet, but it’s not a patch on a miserable Canadian maritime winter. It doesn’t have the big snowfalls of New Brunswick or the stinging -15 … Continue reading
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Tagged friends, photos, scotland, sea cliffs, trad climbing, winter
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Weekend Warriors
The skin on my hands is quite sore at the moment. It feels like I’ve using a belt sander on my palms. Strangely enough, I also feel quite satisfied to feel this way. It means I had a great weekend. … Continue reading
Climbing in January
That’s right. It is warm enough and dry enough to climb in January! Amazing. One weekend we headed out with Ryan and Piotr for some climbing on the Red Wall in the Longhaven Quarries area. It’s about an hour north … Continue reading
A Visit from the Megasar!
It now seems like ages ago that Dan, Linda and their baby Viva visited. Man we had a good time, we sure hope they come back again soon. They arrived on Halloween, flying into Edinburgh and taking the train to … Continue reading
Posted in Climbing, Visitors
Tagged friends, photos, scotland, sea cliffs, trad climbing
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Coastal Cragging Season Begins
It seems that summer has moved on in the north east of Scotland, some might wonder if it was ever here at all, but I know it happened. It may not get real hot, or real dry, but the super long days and the many weekends of traveling far and wide testify to the summer’s existence. Continue reading
West Coast Summer Finale Part 2: Coastal Cragging at Reiff
Day two of our excellent climbing trip to the West Coast of Scotland had superb weather, stunning vistas, friendly faces and of course, superb climbing adventure. Continue reading
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Tagged friends, photos, Reiff, scotland, sea cliffs, trad climbing, west coast
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