http://www.aqvi55.dsl.pipex.com/main-feed.xml A web site covering mountaineering, rock climbing, mountain and road biking, fell running. en-us 1440 http://www.aqvi55.dsl.pipex.com/climb/comment.htm#twelve http://www.aqvi55.dsl.pipex.com/climb/comment.htm#twelve Fri, 3 Oct 2008 22:50:00 GMT Apologies for the Spinal Tap inspired headline but James Pearson has boldly gone where no-one has gone before, pushed the boat out, climbed and graded one of his projects E12. http://www.aqvi55.dsl.pipex.com/climb/comment.htm#better http://www.aqvi55.dsl.pipex.com/climb/comment.htm#better Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:30:00 GMT Well! Actually managed to get out climbing for once - and to a crag that I'd never been to before. A really dreary summer has left the ground more saturated than you would expect in winter so a quick drying venue was in order. http://www.aqvi55.dsl.pipex.com/copyright.htm http://www.aqvi55.dsl.pipex.com/copyright.htm Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:00:00 GMT A bit of an odd entry this - I found out today that several of the photos from this site have been used without my permission and then passed off as the work of someone else. There isn't much you can do about this if you want to publish on the web other than stick copyright notices everywhere. http://www.aqvi55.dsl.pipex.com/climb/comment.htm#doom http://www.aqvi55.dsl.pipex.com/climb/comment.htm#doom Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:00:00 GMT It's officially summer now. We've passed the summer solstice and true to form the weather is more like late October! Added to this is further gloom with the state of my knee. http://www.aqvi55.dsl.pipex.com/climb/comment.htm#quality http://www.aqvi55.dsl.pipex.com/climb/comment.htm#quality Wed, 28 May 2008 22:00:00 GMT A frustrating day at one of the Lancashire quarries got me wondering about just what, in rock climbing terms, can be regarded as quality, i.e. starred routes. A couple of reasonable routes on one buttress saw us seek out the other starred routes in the quarry. What a shock! http://www.aqvi55.dsl.pipex.com/climb/comment.htm#cloggy http://www.aqvi55.dsl.pipex.com/climb/comment.htm#cloggy Tue, 13 May 2008 21:00:00 GMT One good rule of thumb to follow is to climb on the crags that are just in condition - you can (nearly) always climb on lower crags so when the mountain crags come in get up to them as you may not get another chance for some time. A long dry spell and promises of good weekend weather led to plans for a day trip down to N. Wales. http://www.aqvi55.dsl.pipex.com/climb/el-chorro.htm http://www.aqvi55.dsl.pipex.com/climb/el-chorro.htm Mon, 04 Mar 2008 10:00:00 GMT One of the things I had planned this year was a trip to El Chorro in southern Spain for a long weekend's climbing. What it did prove was just how unfit we were! http://www.aqvi55.dsl.pipex.com/climb/comment.htm#earlyrock http://www.aqvi55.dsl.pipex.com/climb/comment.htm#earlyrock Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:00:00 GMT The weather has been a bit bizarre so far this year. Warm and sunny early on but the last couple of weeks have seen snow! In fact there was more snow just before Easter than we’ve seen in the six years or so we’ve been here.