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Winter 2010 – a roundup

will — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 10:48:26 +0000

A selection of photos from the past few months…

Rick Chant consults the map high in the Lakeland fells.

The traverse around Catsycam before a gruelling ascent of Y Gully.

Hiking up for one last run as the sun sets over the Cairngorm range

A quick rest before the descent from the top of Glas Maol, Glenshee

Fieldwork in Imlil, Morocco, with Manchester University

will — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:02:05 +0000

This week Will is leading a group from Manchester Uni during their Geography fieldwork in the Anti Atlas.

snow on Adge Mountain above Imlil

Fieldwork near Tidli, Morocco

View from the Kasbah near Imlil

Scrambling on Kinder Scout

will — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:15:08 +0000

: Scrambling with the High Peak club on Kinder Scout

Scrambled with the High Peak Club from Snake Inn up onto Kinder via one of the steep gullies on the south side of the hill.

Walking group on Kinder Scout

Walkers descending Kinder Scout

Once a suitable descent was selected, a matter of minutes runnning through the knee deep powder saw us back en route to the valley!

Doug winter walking in the Peak

February in the Peak - Kinder under snow

Company beach holiday!

chris — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:58:52 +0000

July 2009 saw us load up the vans and head to St Davids in beautiful Pembrokeshire for a week of fun in the sun. Despite the howling gales we managed to get in the water every day and enjoyed some great waves at Whitesands beach as well as climbing at Porthclais and jumping and swimming in the sea.

Assembling the BBQ. Photo: Hannah Cawthorne

The team in Fishguard. Photo: Unknown tourist (thanks!)

Preparing to hit the beach. Photo: Claire Sherwood

Great holiday with great company!

Climbing in Borrowdale and Walking in the Peak

will — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:05:52 +0000

Hannah arriving on the Belvedere, Shepherds Crag, Lake District

Spent the bank holiday weekend with the High Peak Club climbing in Borrowdale. On the Sunday, we were treated to hail, rain and fog all within the space of a couple of hours, but by the end of our second route the view was superb.

Rock Climbing in Borrowdale

Rock Climbing

Over the course of the weekend, climbing with Ves, Skie and Hannah, I managed to lead 17 pitches all in – a respectable figure I feel. I suppose that's a sign I need to be pushing a bit harder!

Walking on the Peak

On Wednesday, Becky, Chris J, Kate and I went up to the plane crash site on Bleaklow on the Peak in superb conditions. The plane is now 61 years old, but shiny aluminium makes it look as though it's crashed yesterday.

Climbing at Baggy

will — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:30:33 +0000

Climbing at Baggy Point

Spent Wednesday evening climbing at Baggy on the north Devon coast. The first time I've been there, and the place was deserted, a good first experience.

Will.

Pink Sky Climbing

will — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:16:23 +0000

This Wednesday was warm and sunny – a great day out on Burbage North. I hooked up with some pals who were up from London for the day and we ticked off a dozen or so gritstone classics by the time the sun started to cool. I had to head earlier than I would have liked in order to be back in Sheffield for a session that evening, but as I started the walk back to the car, the pink sky over the Edge was superb – still spring evenings on the peak are one of life's small treats!

Pink Sky Sunset over Burbage North

Introduction to White Water

will — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:01:29 +0000

I'm running a few Intro to White Water kayaking courses over the next few weeks, which is great news. This kind of course is really good to run – I like the fact that the clients can really see themselves coming on over the course of the weekend. Shout out to Alex, who in spite of a swim in the first half-hour of his course (chilly!) stuck through the weekend and get himself well on the way to three star.

Will.