L'index, Chamonix
SE Ridge of L'index
A nice warm-up of 4 pitches of climbing on L'index with Rob and Steve on day 1 in Chamonix. Lovely little route, not much more to add! Thanks to Rob W-M for some of these photos.
Erinna / 85
Clay / 80
Steve / 41
Ross / 33
Will Bourne / 29
Will / 28
CatO / 27
Louise / 16
Al / 14
Owen / 14
Becky / 13
Matt Blackmore / 13
Dylan / 9
Rebecca / 9
Rob W-M / 9
Tom Carvell / 9
Joe / 8
Steve Gibbs / 8
DaveO / 6
Martin / 6
Ros / 6
Adam / 5
Doug / 5
Harry Kingston / 5
Cameron / 4
Craig / 4
Eleri / 4
Elliott / 4
Emily Roo / 4
Julie / 4
Lina / 4
Rory / 4
Simon Bilton / 4
Ben / 3
Liv / 3
Mads / 3
Matt / 3
Matt Traver / 3
Moffatt / 3
Naomi / 3
Neil Cox / 3
Rob Squires / 3
Sam Rose / 3
Al Begley / 2
Anja / 2
Chris / 2
Dave Bird / 2
Evelyn / 2
Ita / 2
Jess / 2
Martha / 2
Pete / 2
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Sheffield
SHAFF & the Peaks
Sheffield hosted the Adventure Film Festival this weekend. I had tickets from Saturday afternoon onwards, which left just enough time to fall off a couple of E1s at Stanage in the morning beforehand. There were many many great videos on show, a couple of the shorter ones are embedded below.
Snowdonia
Snakes & Ladders
Arguably the best adventure you can have in Snowdonia. An epic route of old mining tunnels, rusty ladders, a huge iron chain and a couple of good abseils leads you around the different quarries of Llanberis.
Tryfan, Snowdonia
Scrambles on Tryfan
Grooved arete is a brilliant 7 pitch climb up the side of Tryfan in Snowdonia. My partner for the day, Matt, had never climbed outdoors before (I taught him to belay as we geared up), owned no rock shoes and had two arms which were very prone to dislocation. So to make it fair, I led the route in B2s as well, which made for a much more exciting day out.
Coire an Lochain, Cairngorms
Milky Way Variants
Another intense winter day ended in adventurous fashion when I wandered off route on Pitch 3 of Milky Way in Coire an Lochain (Cairngorm) up something decidedly more challenging. Much fear, swearing and flailing later and I was on the top, but the gear retrieval on abseil and epic descent nav pushed the finish well into the darkness.
