Grit stone is not my chosen rock, true it does offer loads of friction but the round nature of the rock is difficult to get used to. I’d not done any lead climbing for some time and my climbing partner no climbing for even longer. Stanage popular seemed a good place to start with a [...]
Filed under: Climbing | Tagged: black hawk, Climbing, Grit, gritstone, holly bush crack, Hollybush crack, Rock, Rock climbing, Sport, Stanage, Stone | 4 Comments »
After being promised climbing, mountain biking and fishing by the tourist information in Córdoba, I arrived in Capilla de monte to find none of these on offer. It was low season, and it was cold and quiet. Not a good start for writing an interesting post! I paid for two nights when I arrived, Córdoba is quiet during the [...]
Filed under: Argentina, Climbing, Mountain biking | Tagged: Argentina, Capilla del Monte, Climbing, Cordoba, Fishing, Mountain biking, Rock climbing, Travel | Leave a Comment »
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Filed under: Climbing | Tagged: Camino del rey, Climbing, El caminito del rey, The king's walkway, Travel | 1 Comment »
El Misti is the Volcano that overlooks the town of Arequipa, it´s 5800 and some meters. I had my reservation to do it with a local agency. I went for my briefing but there was a problem. The other people in the group had pulled out and there was only me ie there was no [...]
Filed under: Climbing, Peru | Tagged: Altitude sickness, El Misti, Peru, Soroche | Leave a Comment »
