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Jul
31
E2 via 8B boulder!
July 31, 2018
I wrote this piece in 2016 for CLIMB magazine and after rediscovering it this morning thought I’d add it for anyone interested in seeing how an 8B (at the time of writing) boulderer got on spending a day at Gogarth in North Wales. Enjoy! I am boulderer; my apprenticeship was in bouldering and that’s what […]

Nov
07
Meshuga
November 7, 2013
I am a boulderer at heart but living in the Peak District one is constantly reminded of the amazing trad routes on the gritstone. The history of climbing in the Peak from Puttrell to Brown and Whillians to Fawcett, Moffatt and Dawes, all revolves around the mental challenge and tenacity of HARD GRIT! I remember […]