So now that I have committed to doing this I know need to go about planning how I can achieve it. Fortunately I do like planning and those of you who know me will be pleased to know I have a good spreadsheet on the go already. I have decided the order in which I am going to visit the different climbing areas and roughly when I am going to be there. Below is my approximate timetable.
I have recently moved to Bristol for work for a few months, which will take me right up to the time when I will start in the middle of May. I am hoping that this is going to be a very productive few months to get some good training done so I don’t burn out within the first week!
Probable Dates |
Crag/Area |
Climbs |
Sat 19th May |
Lundy |
The Devils Slide |
Tue 22nd May |
Chair Ladder |
Terrier’s Tooth & Pendulum chimney |
Tue 22nd/Wed 23rd May |
Sennen |
Demo Route |
Wed 23rd/Thu 24th May |
Bosigran |
Doorpost |
Fri 25th/Sat 26th May |
The Dewerstone |
Climbers club ordinary |
Tue 29th/Wed 30th May |
Avon Gorge |
Piton Route |
Sat 2nd/Sun 3rd June |
Craig Cywarch |
Will o the wisp |
Sun 3rd/Mon 4th June |
Craig y Castell.. |
Creagh Dhu Wall |
Mon 4th/Tue 5th – Thu 7th June |
Llanberis pass |
Avalanche/Red Wall/Longlands, Main Wall, the cracks, flying buttress, spiral stairs, Crackstone rib, The Wrinkle, Nea |
Fri 8th-Sun 10th/Mon 11th June |
Ogwen |
Hope, Lazarus, The Arete, Grey Slab, Direct Route, Milstone Direct Route, Gashed Crag, Overlapping Ridge route, Grooved Arete, Great Gully |
Thu 14th/Fri 15th June |
The Roaches/Hen Cloud |
Central Climb, Via Dolorosa, Black and Tans, Technical Slab |
Sat 16th June |
Birchen and Stanage |
Sail Buttress, Topsail, Powder Monkey Parade, Flying Buttress, April Crack, Hargreaves Original route |
Sun 17th/Mon 18th June |
Almscliff |
Parsons chimney |
Mon 18th/Tue 19th June |
Pen y Ghent |
Red Pencil Direct |
Wed 20th/Thu 21st –Fri 22nd June |
Dow and Langdale |
Murrays’s route, Bowfell Butress, She Tree Slabs, Bracket and Slab, C Route |
Sat 23rd of June |
Borrowdale |
Little Chamonix & Troutdale Pinnacle |
Sun 24th – Wed 27th June |
Gillercombe, Pillar, Napes, Scafell |
Gillercomb Butress, Jones Route, Moss Ghyl Grooves, Needle Ridge, The Wasdale Crack, Tophet Wall, New West Climb, Rib and Slab climb |
Wed 4th July |
Cir Mhor (Arran) |
Sou’wester slabs & Labrynth |
Fri 6th / Sat 7th July |
The Cobbler |
Recess Route, Punster’s Crack, Ardgarten Arete |
Sun 8/Mon 9th July –Thu 12/Fri 13th July |
Glen Coe |
Clachaig Gully, Archer Ridge, The Long Crack, Crypt Route, North Face Route, Agag’s Groove, The Chasm |
Sat 14th-Sun 15th July |
Ben Nevis |
The Long Climb and Tower ridge |
Mon 16th July |
Binnien Shuas Crag |
Ardverike wall |
Wed 18th-Sat 21st July |
Cairngorms |
Savage Slit, The Clean Sweep, The Talisman, Squareface, Cumming Croften route, Eagle Ridge |
Thu 26th July |
Sgurr a’Chaorachain |
Cioch Nose |
Sat 28th-Tue 31st July |
Skye |
Cioch Direct Arrow Route Integrity Cuillin Ridge |