Friends rejoice for the journey is now over. Next time you hear from me i’ll probably be talking about some shitty little top-rope crag called La Captain or something like that. As a special treat and going away present i’ve…
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Ethics
CWIL Part IV
We’re streaming down the home straight now so down your Lucozade (other sports hydration fluids are available) and follow me as we plunge into the ever deepening abyss in search of the elusive CWIL No.4……que??
Okay i can now barely…
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CWIL Part III
Over half way there…..thank fuck cos if you’ve not gone already, i’m about to. However i’ve started this little thing so i may as well finish it.
Third on a list that carries no significant weight or authority comes, in…
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CWIL Part II
Do i have to? Not really. Do i want to? Umm kind of not. Yup it’s the long awaited second installment of ‘Crags What I Likes’. How could i possibly follow on from Wolfcrag and Cambusbarron?? Well apparently i can,…
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North Wales for a jolly…..
As far as trad climbing goes North Wales is the land of milk and honey. What better venue then for perhaps the greatest single gathering of rock stars on the face of the planet. Friends from far and wide hitched,…
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Shit myself have you??
Confused by the title?? Me too. Not the Welsh though, that’s bread and butter to them…..ah those crazzzzy buggers! By the way before you start burning your Jonny Wilkinson posters (we all know you have one ;]) please note that…
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24 hours in the Peak
After a bit of an incident involving a high speed car, single track lane and grumpy old woman (of which i was not to blame) i SAS’d it up to the Peak on Friday night (there’s a theme occuring here…)…
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The Olive Seller
That’s me just back from an aweosme week’s climbing in North Wales.
Headed over on the train on Tuesday morning, accompanied by a wierd and wonderful mix of commuting types covering the whole social spectrum, pink-clad-tracksuit-chavs to tramps sporting fine…
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Lakes and Northumberland
Errmm…..went to Lakes the day we got back from Siurana and climbed some stuff at Tilberthwaite and Reecastle. Both excellent venues and i found that i really enjoy the slate. Got a curry in Ambleside…..not as good as Hassan’s back…
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Fear of Failure and why it’s sometimes best to fail…..
For ages i thought that the reason i felt i couldn’t commit on routes was due to a fairly rational fear of falling and i blindly accepted this as gospel, until recently after a chat with a mate of mine.…
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