http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=187 Climber | the latest entries from Type 2's blog post http://www.climber.co.uk/img/rss/rss_icon.gif http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=187 88 31 en-gb Copyright 2005-2010 Warners Group Publications plc. All Rights Reserved. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:19:58 GMT 5 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=187&post=975 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=187&post=975 I popped down to Slovenia for a couple of weeks in June for some type 1. I don't really have the motivation to write it up properly right now, but here is a summary of what we Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:45:39 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=187&post=973 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=187&post=973 I seem to have developed a habit of finding the bad weather lately. Extreme dampness in Llanberis a couple of weeks ago resulted in gear shopping, and last weekend in Dolgellau looked likely to go Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:47:44 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=187&post=894 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=187&post=894 I failed to get to the top of a route a couple of weeks ago. This isn't particularly unusual in itself, but on this occasion I failed to get up a route because I am fat. I had thought that I was Tue, 25 May 2010 13:51:24 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=187&post=863 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=187&post=863 I was lucky enough to get an opportunity to climb Commando Ridge at Bosigran a few weeks ago. What a route! The day started out looking somewhat unpromising, with drizzle and mist filling the Thu, 6 May 2010 16:12:28 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=187&post=859 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=187&post=859 WARNING: This is one of those tedious reminiscence type posts that I want to get out of the way as quickly as possible so that I can get on with some new stuff. Sometimes everything goes to plan, Wed, 5 May 2010 21:38:57 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=187&post=858 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=187&post=858 What do I like to climb? What makes a good route for me? Sound rock in pleasant surroundings is a good start. Lots of crags fit this description and in general they are good, wholesome Wed, 5 May 2010 15:20:55 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=187&post=857 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=187&post=857 I started climbing about a decade ago, and have followed what I suspect is a fairly common trad climber trajectory - A reasonably rapid progression up the lower grades followed by a few years stuck Wed, 5 May 2010 14:55:05 GMT