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Ibex Direct M8, Never Never Land

Yesterday Rob Greenwood made the first ascent of Ibex Direct M8 on the dry tooling wall in the Never Never Land section of the Dinorwig Quarries. Torquil Bennett had previously top roped the line, traversing across the lip of the tunnel at the start. Rob climbed the line second go, missing out the tunnel traverse at [...]

Rastamouse M7+, Never Never Land

Over the Christmas period Torquil Bennett returned to the Ibex dry tooling wall in Dinorwig slate quarry and completed the left hand project line. Rastamouse M7+ climbs the left hand corner on a selection of tiny hooks, wide crack stein-pulls and micro-torques. Needless to say precise footwork is essential on this excellent technical line. The absence of [...]

Flag of Iron, Font 6C

North Wales White Guide – winter climbing and conservation

With the growing popularity of winter climbing in recent years concerns have been expressed about the potential impact upon rare alpine plants found on the Snowdonia winter cliffs. The North Wales White Guide aims to address these issues and raise awareness amongst climbers of the presence of rare plants and how to minimise any potential impact [...]

Siberian Kitten VI 7, Craig Dafydd

The first snatch of good winter conditions has triggered new route activity on the high crags. Some, such as Mark ‘Baggy’ Richards and Gaz Davies, are keeping schtum about their activities until all the main lines are mopped up, but others have come clean. Matt Stygall and Adam Hughes trekked up above Llech Ddu to the [...]

Walking up to Craig Dafydd

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Rainbow Slab poster to support North Wales Bolt Fund

In the wake of the warmly received Llanberis Slate guide Ground Up has produced a run of special edition Rainbow Slab topo posters with a view to boosting contributions to the North Wales Bolt Fund. The A2 poster features a topo for the impressive Rainbow Slab, plus a few illustrative images and a Rogue’s Gallery of [...]

Monkey-Bar Kid M6+, Never Never Land

More development on the Ibex Wall at Never Never land in the slate quarries. Torquil Bennett has added Monkey-Bar Kid M6+ to the left of The Deerhunter. “At around is M6+, Monkey-Bar Kid is the warm-up that both Ibex and Deerhunter were intended to be. The Deerhunter (M7?) is a pumpy route with a great crux [...]

DMM Cosmetic Seconds Film

Just incase you havent seen it anywhere else we thought we had better post it here for continuities sake! Just click on the link to see the final version. DMM Cosmetic Seconds