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Crag booty – up for grabs

It’s been seven weeks since I have been climbing outdoors, and for this one the sun was forecast. It was the first good weekend forecast time in a few months so Lou, Steve and I took the chance to reacquaint ourselves to placing some gear. Neither of them claimed to be climbing fit so weContinue reading “Crag booty – up for grabs”

Part 6 – Scotland – the long road

Scotland offers an amazing wilderness playground on an island that at times felt way to populated. Unfortunately it was a long way from most of the places I lived and as such I didn’t get to it much. Most of my time in Scotland was while on my deadly treadly in my youth. I haveContinue reading “Part 6 – Scotland – the long road”

Part 5 – The Lake District – a place to live

In this part we venture further north to the Lake District. The area was made famous in the early 1800’s by the Lake Poets, a group of English poets who all lived in the Lakes. This group of literary people were considered part of the Romantic (Literary) Movement, which is fitting for the landscape theyContinue reading “Part 5 – The Lake District – a place to live”

Part 4 – The Peak District – learning the ropes

In truth I should have made this part 3 instead of Swanage. The reason being that this is where I really cut my leading teeth; North Wales was where it started, the Roaches was my first lead and the Peaks is where I did most of my early learning. The reason for going out ofContinue reading “Part 4 – The Peak District – learning the ropes”

A few nights away from it all

It’s the last weekend of the school holidays and Lisa and I booked couple of nights in a hotel in the middle of the Karri Forests just an hour and half drive from our place. On the way we passed Nannup and dropped Elseya off at a good mate from dance, which meant that LisaContinue reading “A few nights away from it all”

Part 3 – Swanage – the bold and the beautiful

Along the south coast of the UK lies Durlston National Park Nature Reserve, a place of beauty and tranquillity. The land drops sharply into the ocean being guarded by a sheer limestone cliff, which forms a crag that has been described as feeling relatively untouched and in its natural state. As you read on youContinue reading “Part 3 – Swanage – the bold and the beautiful”

Bad ethics

The moon was bright at 3:30 when I stepped outside, the car indicated a lowly 4 degrees but where we were heading was forecast to be 0 degrees at sunrise. We hoped to get to the crag before the sun poked its head out so we could watch the world wake up with a secondContinue reading “Bad ethics”

Part 2 – First lead – The Roaches

It was pointed out to me that I was a bit remiss in not including a map so you could see where in the UK I was referring too. So from now on I will progressively add to the map below. For Part 1 the island of Anglesea sits north west of where I haveContinue reading “Part 2 – First lead – The Roaches”

Part 1 – North Wales – were it all began

I’ve been climbing for 24 years and it dawned on me that for close on half of that time I have been living and climbing here in the south west of Western Australia. So in view that you have been hearing so much about my adventures in WA I thought it was high time toContinue reading “Part 1 – North Wales – were it all began”

Wave for the camera

Despite my prediction that we would struggle with the weather in my last email, this weekend has been a flurry of options to get out. There were offers to visit a Perth crag (it was very tempting!), a trip to Welly Dam this morning and yesterday a day of local trad, which is the oneContinue reading “Wave for the camera”