http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/default.asp Climber | the latest entries from latest blog post http://www.climber.co.uk/img/rss/rss_icon.gif http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/default.asp 88 31 en-gb Copyright 2005-2012 Warners Group Publications plc. All Rights Reserved. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:52:06 GMT 5 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=281&post=1370 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=281&post=1370 Introduction This article is inspired by an athlete you’ve probably never heard of, yet was at one point the greatest athlete in his sport, in addition to being analogous to the greatest athletes Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:51:26 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=281&post=1369 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=281&post=1369 This article covers arguably the most essential element for effective training; specificity. Having specificity in training is not as hard as you might first imagine, however it’s something which Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:48:15 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=123&post=1368 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=123&post=1368 It was a good start, despite the 12 months gap. Blue blue Italian skies, deep deep snow and a wall of glacier hanging from the white peaks at the far end of the valley - It all looked exactly the Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:10:53 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=281&post=1363 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=281&post=1363 Whilst dining at the Rum Doodle restaurant in Kathmandu after the ascent of Baruntse & Mera Peak, I decided to buy ‘The Ascent of Rum Doodle’ by W.E. Bowman. I had heard great reviews from the Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:55:39 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=281&post=1362 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=281&post=1362 21-year old tackles Baruntse and Everest for clean water and climate change Article featured on Climb For Change: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:53:19 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=123&post=1354 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=123&post=1354 People were staring. I felt guilt; shame. Could I really go through with this? A dull dreary damp grey Christmas Eve. Not much good for anything but oddly perfect for relentless rehab exercises. Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:57:58 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=123&post=1344 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=123&post=1344 Shoulder still whinging so it’s a no climbing trip to Snowdonia. No matter: It’s November and it’s all wet and greasy. ‘-What shall we do? -Let’s wander about a bit. -What? No summit chasing and Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:20:34 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=278&post=1339 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=278&post=1339 so this is my first blog that i've written considering i've not long joined as a member and its to say that i've had my first ever magazine photo shot!!! an article on page 62 about bouldering at Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:35:20 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=123&post=1332 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=123&post=1332 Head fights don’t just happen in climbing. In this case it’s not the ‘I can’t’ when I can, it’s ‘I can’, when I can’t. I’m an expert in the art of denial. Aches and pains are part of an active Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:06:42 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=123&post=1323 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=123&post=1323 ‘I did the half marathon last week...thinking of having a go at a full one this term. How you getting on with the Badminton Club?’ ‘Yeah. Great. I thought I might try the hockey team this Wed, 5 Oct 2011 13:26:24 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=123&post=1315 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=123&post=1315 Here I am again, pressing the parsley between my fingertips and sniffing its sweet sharpness. I still don’t understand how it grows here. All summer I’ve moaned and groaned about missed opportunities Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:48:34 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=123&post=1297 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=123&post=1297 I returned to my roots. I had been feeling out of sorts with this strange vertically placed activity. The fact I was seeing it as ‘strange’ indicated all was not well. For some months now the fun Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:20:46 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=266&post=1290 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=266&post=1290 hi i have done indoor climbing in the past as a kid and really enjoyed it and now i would like to give it a go for real starting indoors then going outdoors. even though indoor centers supply all Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:38:15 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=123&post=1287 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=123&post=1287 I’ve lost my Alpine virginity. I wanted to know what the fuss was about; I wanted to be one of the grown ups but I was too immature last year. This year I was ready... and I made it there and back Mon, 8 Aug 2011 19:58:38 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=123&post=1271 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=123&post=1271 The world turns, creaking slowly, just in time - before I turn into the spoilt child at the party who hasn’t won the prize (actually I think I did for a short while there). Anyway, the sun comes Mon, 4 Jul 2011 20:10:17 GMT 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=123&post=1260 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=123&post=1260 Life just stops sometimes. Despite everything you try to do to get the wheels spinning again, it just gets stuck. It feels like a beached whale – large, cumbersome and reluctant. When there’s a halt Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:09:31 GMT http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=247&post=1257 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=247&post=1257 ellisbutlerbarkerclimbing.blogspot.com Today, I got the first ascent of Parallel Universe which was a project that I mentioned in a blog update a few months ago. I completed the problem after two Mon, 6 Jun 2011 17:19:38 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=123&post=1239 http://www.climber.co.uk/blogs/blogShow.asp?blog=123&post=1239 Slings: love them; hate them. I love slings when I can drape them around a pointy rock like lights on a Christmas tree, or drop them through a welcoming hole and see it emerge at the other end - Tue, 17 May 2011 16:41:04 GMT