from Dave MacLeod Climbing
Pitch 1 (wet 7c+) of Ring of Fire during the first ascent in Peak Cavern. All pics Triple Echo Productions. The other shoot I just finished with Triple Echo for the BBC was even weirder than the Handa adventure! The director Richard Else managed to get special permission to climb in the show cave Peak Cavern near Castleton right in the middle of the Peak District. The idea was for myself and Alan Cassidy to see if we could find a route out of it! Peak Cavern, otherwise known as 'The Devil's Arse' is one of
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from Matthew Dieumegard-Thornton
Now, with only 3 days to go until I leave for Nepal; and with everything such as packing, acquiring medicine, filling out visa forms and even cleaning my boots still dirty from Lenin, still to do, I used some intuition and decided to utilise some precious time writing another truly outstanding blog. I then scrapped that idea and wrote the one below instead. Since the expedition to Lenin, fortunately I have managed to regroup, and now partly understand the reasons why the expedition wasn’t as successful
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from Cold Fusion Blog
I got back to Yorkshire with Nick after a five week break. Sadly the late summer rain had taken out most of the climbing. We persisted though and managed to get on the drier parts of the Malham catwalk. It was a good opportunity for me to get Connect 4 8a finished off a route [...]
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from UKClimbing.com News
As summer is in full swing in the UK, access arrangements at certain crags are in flux:
Good news from North Wales means longer routes on the Mayfair Wall at Llandudno, but an increase in climbers at Blue Scar in Yorkshire has lead to some access problems.
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from UKClimbing.com News
Sheffield based climber Matt Pickles has climbed his first 8c route with an ascent of True North at Kilnsey, Yorkshire.
Matt took six days spread over two weeks to tick the route, battling wet conditions on the lower half.
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from UKClimbing.com News
Chris Savage has amassed an impressive sport climbing ticklist on his extended holiday to Yorkshire.
Highlights include Progress 8c+ and True North 8c.
Full details and Video:
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from UKClimbing.com News
Despite damp conditions at Kilnsey Crag in Yorkshire, Alan Cassidy ticked True North (8c).
"I pulled my finger out and got it done in less than perfect conditions... I might be looking for a tampon sponsor..."
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from JackGeldard.com
A few weeks ago I blogged about an old friend of mine Chris Akrigg having a bike accident. (See previous Post). Chris has just released his video of the accident. Chris is riding at an old local crag of mine Earl Crag in Yorkshire. He falls from the top of the far left buttress, [...]
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from Cold Fusion Blog
Things have been getting intense on the project recently with two persistent flappers through to the bone and downhill performance. Luckily the hard stuff I wanted to get on in Yorkshire was wet so I decided to do something easier. I started off on a 7c+ called Mr Nice. This is a long cruxy little [...]
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from The BMC News
Peregrine falcons nesting out of sight at Malham Cove in the Yorkshire have produced some young but are keeping conservation experts guessing as to when and how many.
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