from James Pearson
...and where better to spend them than South East Asia. Avoiding the cold and the snow, adventuring in the jungle, and eating mangos on the beach - not forgetting a little climbing. To make us appreciate the things to come even more, we spent Christmas and New year in a very soggy England, where there are definitely no Mangos - just a LOT of chocolate. Its safe to say that right now I feel like quite the glutton, but luckily Christmas comes but once a year. In addition to the usual orgy of Tonsai, we plan
published: 4 months ago
|
downloaded: 4 months ago
|
34 views
from The Adventure Blog
Oregon is a beautiful state with diverse landscapes ranging from mountains to beaches and everything in between. This is displayed quite well in the timelapse video below, which will have you making plans to visit the state for yourself. According to the Vimeo page for the video, this was shot over a six month period, that culminated with a 1600 miles road trip in September. In the process, the creative team behind the project managed to create a piece of art that is a joy to watch. I love the music too!
published: 5 months ago
|
downloaded: 5 months ago
|
42 views
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
published: 7 months ago
|
downloaded: 4 months ago
|
45 views
from gravsports
In the last 48 hours I've top-landed in the alpine twice, camped high, had a ton of help from friends in Revelstoke and Invermere, and flown the coolest mountain flight I've ever had. And sunk out into a cut block, but escaped this time! I have some wicked photos of flying right through the Bugaboos, a flight I've dreamed of for going on 15 years. Never have I flown so deep for so many hours, so stoked! From just south of Revelstoke to Brisco to landing on the beach in Inveremere, where a bunch of friends
published: 9 months ago
|
downloaded: 9 months ago
|
61 views
from Petzl Blog
Posted By Steve Mc Clure the 2011-07-01 Climbers are an obsessed type of people. Wed climb every day if we could. Having a family pushes me into doing stuff that maybe I wouldnt otherwise do, like holidays to places where there is no climbing. This is no bad thing. There is way more to life than climbing, and actually Id probably be rather sad if at the end of my days all I can see over my years is a load of crimps and slopers. Anyway, we need the odd rest too. So I was more than pleased to be ...
published: 11 months ago
|
downloaded: 10 months ago
|
67 views
from Hot Aches Productions
Yesterday at 20:40 Dave Macleod was sat on top of St John's Head having just completed the first ascent of Longhope Direct. The full route, at 500m, took Dave and And y just under 10 hours to complete. The Guillotine pitch - Lukasz Warzecha When asked about the grade, an elated Dave said that he isn't entirely sure just yet, but knows that it's definitely harder than Rhapsody (E11 7a), the route he climbed at Dumbarton Rock in 2006. Dave on Rhapsody - Hot Aches Productions Upon hearing the news, Jon Arran
published: 11 months ago
|
downloaded: 11 months ago
|
65 views
from Dave MacLeod Climbing
Lukasz’ mobile wifi service The team slog it It was nice when we got here Freida enjoyed the beach I’m writing this post which means our trip on Orkney is not going according to plan. Just now I should be uncoiling ropes at the foot of my project. Instead we are drinking tea, watching drizzle settle on the road outside and looking at ferry times to Kirkwall. On Hoy it seems very easy for a lot of time to pass. Day 1 was great, I had a session on the crux and felt fit and rigged about 400m of rope
published: 11 months ago
|
downloaded: 11 months ago
|
81 views
from Climb with kids
At this time of the year, families across the country (and world) are taking vacations. They head to the beach, the mountains, to the lakes the deserts. In the United States in particular, many east coasters head west to see our National Parks, our majestic mountain ranges, and our still-wild frontier. The effects of moderate to high altitude on children should be considered when planning your family trip to the mountain ranges of the west. At the summit of Mt. Sneffles (Telluride ski trails in the ...
published: 11 months ago
|
downloaded: 11 months ago
|
50 views
from James Pearson
Sun, sea, speed boats and secret beaches – my last weekend in Sardinia. 2am was not a happy hour for waking up, and was even less happy when I walked out of my door to pouring rain and a flat battery in my car. With my brain still cloudy from sleep, I struggled to think how I would fix this problem and still catch my soon to depart flight, from Munich, two hours drive away. The garage was closed, I had no jump leads, and the airport shuttle had already left... things were not looking good. The €300 ...
published: 11 months ago
|
downloaded: 11 months ago
|
66 views
from Rock Climbing UK
There is a scene in the film Apocalypse Now where Kilgore exclaims, If I say this beach is safe to surf it’s safe to surf. Well the question facing me was Is this mountain safe to climb? and I wasn’t thinking about the objective hazards of crevasse and avalanche. Camped beneath the towering mass of [...] Learning to fly A tale of the battle against mountains and illness: guest post by Simon Overton is a post from: Rock Climbing UK , an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK ...
published: about 1 year ago
|
downloaded: about 1 year ago
|
74 views
