My life revolves around the mountains, my activities are dictated by the weather and the changing seasons. This blog is a record of my thoughts and experiences in a dynamic world
Saturday, 7 April 2007
A ‘Serpents Tails’
Well after a great few days weather James McHaffie has finally red-pointed the Serpent’s Tail a new F8b in the Dinorwig Slate Quarries. The quarries have been heaving for the last couple of days with climbers, and whilst it is a poor excuse for retro bolting, the return to being a fashionable
Sunday, 1 April 2007
Welcome to the New Year
I have been quite slack in the blog front of recent times, a long time off with a bad back has made it hard to keep up the momentum. Now back to work I am looking forward to adding some more events and activities to this blog.
So most recently i have been working for Wild Wales providing a
Sunday, 22 October 2006
Great news for north wales
Great news for North Wales, there has been a new website developed for the use of North Wales climbers and those who climb in north wales. www.northwalesclimbers.co.uk was designed by Ian McNeill who runs Climb8.com and shop.
The site has only gone live in the last week following on from the
Saturday, 21 October 2006
Enjoying the Fruits of my labour
One of the best parts of the re-equipping of the Slate quarries, as well as working on the new guide is that it has forced me to climb in area and on routes that i would have previously ignored or simply overlooked in the few years since I last really got to grips with the quarry.
Today was just
Tuesday, 17 October 2006
Slate update
Well its been a busy month or so for me what with working on the guidebook and re-equipping. both have been working hand in hand as I re-bolt I can up date the new guide. It also allows me to inspect the routes and climbing line on at least a ab rope, if not also by returning to climb the line.
