http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133 Climber | the latest entries from [ Climber on the Blog ]'s blog post http://www.climber.co.uk/img/rss/rss_icon.gif http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133 88 31 en-gb Copyright 2005-2011 Warners Group Publications plc. All Rights Reserved. Fri, 1 Jul 2011 14:44:03 GMT 5 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1270 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1270 As the ever-cheap climbing bums that we are, Tom and myself rocked up in a quiet and expensive looking suburb of Torquay yesterday, in pursuit of free parking for some deep water soloing. Big Fri, 1 Jul 2011 14:39:52 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1242 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1242 I know every problem is climbed on its last go, but for a recent project of mine it really was the 'last' possible go I could have managed. I've been up at an inland crag called Helman Tor as of a Thu, 19 May 2011 13:01:50 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1205 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1205 Currently hanging around and about in Clanwilliam, the last stop before my three weeks camping in Rocklands! Turns out the camp site's empty, so I'll be having the place to myself. Interestingly Thu, 7 Apr 2011 08:55:24 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1202 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1202 I’ve set my email system to ‘Out of the Office’, pretty conclusive evidence that the trip is upon me! Even before I’ve left it’s been a real challenge trying to organise getting to Rocklands, SA, Sat, 2 Apr 2011 19:39:30 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1192 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1192 Time has once again accelerated; here I am with one week to go until the big trip. Just what exactly happened to all those months in between I’ll never know! So, where is it to be now? Well, perhaps Sun, 27 Mar 2011 17:40:56 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1181 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1181 Oh the joy! I’ve been shown the best project I’ve ever had the good fortune to attempt. Hidden down in the depths of some secret location somewhere (but I’m not telling where) lays a slab of epic Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:17:56 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1160 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1160 I'm weak, and it took a visit to Sheffield to show me the truth. Now I don't mean feeble in relation to the average person on the street or indeed even the average climber because I'm not (well, Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:58:22 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1141 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1141 My homemade hangboard had a complete overhaul today. Off went all the knobbly uneven holds; on went some new, seriously hardcore crimps and the sloppiest mother of all finger-sloper rails. Normally I Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:59:42 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1130 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1130 Nothing gets done, stuff it this ain't no fun. I want climbing out on rock, all around the daily clock. Till I'm tired and my arms ache - Please dry up for goodness sake! Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:25:54 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1100 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1100 I haven’t been training all that much recently, as I’ve been out most days hitting the excellent bouldering at Clodgy Point (near St Ives, Cornwall) instead. However I’m struggling for things to say Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:32:15 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1083 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1083 I’ve always been a bit naturally weak. It was common knowledge in my University days, where my mates would be cranking out a good 15/20 pull-ups a go, and yet I could barely manage three. So when I Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:26:21 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1068 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1068 Yesterday was a really enjoyable session; it saw me once again visit the picturesque Cornish hilltop tor of Carn Brea, just outside of Redruth. The climbing is on a number of brilliant granite Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:36:35 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1057 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1057 I built my first ever home training system the other day. Sounds swanky, does it not? Well it isn’t. This ‘training system’ basically consists of wooden off-cuts haphazardly screwed together into a Sun, 17 Oct 2010 18:13:14 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1044 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1044 A friend recently told me about a really interesting Power-Endurance training session that can be done in less than fifteen minutes. That’s pretty quick stuff right? But believe me, you’ll feel it Tue, 5 Oct 2010 13:19:22 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1041 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1041 In Sheffield I had a routine: climb, train, don’t eat too much, climb more and then top it off with sets of pull-ups. Sadly with all the busyness in my life recently, (namely moving out of Sheffield, Fri, 1 Oct 2010 14:24:03 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1004 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=1004 I bought a Scuba Diving weight system a few days ago. Bit of an odd purchase wouldn’t you agree? Nevertheless it is for climbing, as this handy new neon-yellow belt - complete with 8 kilos of Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:15:45 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=994 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=994 Well five weeks passed quickly, didn't it? After all that adventuring, exploring and dodging death (ok, that's somewhat of an exaggeration) I'm home in the UK and trying to adjust back into Western Sun, 8 Aug 2010 10:34:38 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=977 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=977 Today I woke up with the mothership of all hangovers. I also managed to acquire a cigarette burn to my arm, a badly stubbed toe, blood (or possibly ketchup) down the back of my shirt, red paint down Sun, 1 Aug 2010 10:42:03 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=967 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=967 Well I'm back in Bishkek now after the evacuation of a fellow climber (luckily it turned out to be nothing more than a nasty bump on the head). For nearly three weeks we were out in remoteness of the Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:00:45 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=944 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=133&post=944 Here we go, wish us luck! My next blog will be in 28 days time, hopefully reporting on what an amazing, totally awesome trip we've just had! Jamie Mon, 5 Jul 2010 18:01:47 GMT