A trip to Alaska’s Ruth Gorge with Gašper Pintar, to experience the joys and chills of alpine climbing.
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In the days following Matt Glenn and my ascent of Tengkangpoche’s north-east pillar, we staggered back to civilisation. We’d survived a mental and physical storm (including very strong winds) on the mountain, but were soon embroiled in another kind of storm.
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With the fire roaring in a winter refuge, we find comfort from the storm. With the glance at the mountains, I remember climbing those icy faces over a decade ago. And with the passing of time I find myself on a balcony watching the mountains set fire.
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Covid and climate change are deep concerns to our liberty, health and ability to go climbing - both here in Europe and around the world. But there’s hope on the horizon, and I’m motivated to do my part to help make positive change.
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A short piece of writing about the ritual of coiling the rope at the end of another climbing day: tired arms and repetitively going through the motions, stacking loop over loop…
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A short piece about Deep Water Soloing the route, ‘I Ran The Bath’ (E7/7b) with Andy Moles. The route climbs above a lake in Vivian Quarry, a short walk from the village of Llanberis in North Wales. Mixing DWS and pure soloing above the mirror-like surface of the lake made for some interesting moments.
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After an eventful alpine climbing trip to Pakistan, I continued the ‘duffle shuffle’ lifestyle and then spent four months in Europe (mostly) living in my van. The simple existence of climbing, and where it takes you, is great fun. From sport to alpine to trad, and then almost to the mountains - before the corona virus arrived…
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An English version of my interview to the German-language ‘Klettern’ magazine. They asked me a few questions about alpinism, recent routes, the Piolet d’Or and why the Brits are rubbish considering we have no big mountains…
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A short piece of writing about onsighting Authentic Desire, an E7 6b at Cloggy, with Alex Mason. I lured myself on with numerous optimistic, non-committal ‘maybes,’ until I was lay-backing the knife-edge arête and gunning for the top. Worth doing, and the route certainly lives up to its name.
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Some detailed advice on how to keep your hands when climbing in the mountains. Having numb hands is a faff, so hopefully this will help.
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