The Devlis Slide, Lundy
Ben, happy to have completed climb number 1!
James, Betsy and Rob S
Doorpost
Starting up Piton Route, Avon Gorge
Caz fighting with the grass
Ice-cream reward!
At the top of Terrier’s Tooth (Photo James Mann)
Demo Route (Photo James Mann)
Crossing the Severn
Gospel pass
Team Bristol to North Wales after another steep hill
Ian on the final arete
Hot and sunny at Tremadog
Racing towards Tremadog
Cylcing up to Pen y Pass
Ian and I at the top of The Cracks after a great day in the Pass
Lliwedd
belay on Will o the Wips
Traverse pitch
Craegh Dhu Wall
Crackstone Rib
The final slab of the Longland’s continuation
Nea
Hope
Stunning positions on Main Wall
Poser Tom A atop Main Wall
Milestone Direct Route
Final Chimney on Milestone Direct Route
Top slab and arete of Main Wall
Me and Polly on our way after a great day climbing in Ogwen
Lunch above Llyn Idwal
Polly enjoying Direct Route
Llyn Bochlwyd
Approaching the Gully
Slime in great Gully
In ‘The Great Cave’
Spencer wedged in a chimney
Spencer on Tryfan
Chris H getting to grips with the great cave
standard Tryfan summit shot
Andy B on Technical Slab
Staffordshire Grit – Tick
finishing the climbs on Birchen
Libby having fun on Sail Buttress
Hargreave’s Original
Looks bad, but actually great
Andy T and John, happy that they don’t have to do it again
Tim Moss from the Next Challenge
Alasdair, sheltered from the wind at the base
Alasdair on Red Pencil Direct
Windy on the summit of Pen Y Ghent
There is a crag there somewhere
No suncream required with Jim
wet slab complete!
looking a bit brighter
happier now
Early morning hike to Gimmer
C-Route
Bracket and Slab
Approaching Bowfell Buttress
Bowfell Buttress
Chilled afternoon on Gillercomb butress
Jim finished his first stint, he will return for Arran!
Hiking up to The Napes
Sam Enjoying Tophet Wall
Top pitch of Tophet Wall
on top of Napes Needle with Sam
Jamie and Sam on Needle Ridge
Needle Ridge
Jamie on Needle Ridge
Jamie on the shoulder on Napes Needle
Jamie Andrew and me on top of Napes Needle
making the final moves to the top
Corridor Route
Jones’s Route
Sam just been told he has to climb a chimney
Contemplating the mantle
Mav making the mantle move
Capturing the moment
Happy Belayers
Sam and Mav
Summit of Scafell Pike with Mav and Sam
Traversing Great Gable
Stephen on New West Climb
Stephen and Lucy on the blocks belay on New West Climb
Hiking back to Seathwaite
traverse on Troutdale Pinnacle
The Troutdale Pinnacle
England – Tick
nice day to be out on Pillar
Topping out Needle Ridge
Junction with South Ridge Direct
The immaculate Rosa Pinnacle
Sou’wester slabs
The summit of Cir Mhor
Topping out Labrythn
Starting chimney on Labrynth
Crystal Pools
Pretty hot walking in
somewhere on Recess Route
Chris descending in bare feet!
Wildlife en Route
thumbs up for no gear on a pitch!
Traversing the ‘beckoning pool’
The first bit of climbing
Belay in a waterfall
below the direct finish in the Devils Cauldron
stuck in the final chimney, not happy
Tom P catches a rare glimpse of the sun
Topping out Agag’s Groove
Ailsa on descending Curved Ridge
High above Glen Etive
Belay inside the butress
climbing up to the light
One of the fun little steps in the gully
Pre-soaking before entering the gully
a bit of vegetation – Photo Tom Adams
waterfall climbing – Photo Tom Adams
contemplating further waterfalls – Photo Tom Adams
better than it looks, but still a bit scary – Photo Tom Adams
seeing the funny side of things – Photo Tom Adams
the tempting line that accidentally took us out of the gully – Photo Tom Adams
The best way to view the gully (from the pub) – Photo Tom Adams
Hiking up to the North Faces
Es climbing the final 40foot chimney
Es and I topping out The Long Climb
Edging round the lingering snow patches
Having fun on Tower Ridge
Belay using Jamie Fisher’s old cam
Tower Ridge with the Trident Buttress in the background
More suitable than my touring bike for the rough track
Me and Ailsa after finishing our climb
Great climbing on Ardverikie Wall
Lochan na h-Earba
Good bridging on Savage Slit – photo Rob Lovell
Approaching Savat Slit in Corie an lochain
Contemplating the lower crux on The Clean Sweep
“it’s as if it was designed for climbing” third pitch of The Clean Sweep
Exited for Hell’s Lum
Hutchinson memorial bothy
Big spaces in the Cairngorms
More big spaces in the Cairngorms – photo Rob Lovell
Topping out The Cumming-Crofton Route
Cumming-Crofton Route
First belay on Squareface
“don’t have any big enough gear!”
Garbh Corie
Top crack on Squareface – photo Rob Lovell
Enjoying a belay on the saddle on the Cumming-Crofton Route – photo Rob Lovell
Double fist jam on Squareface – photo Rob Lovell
Fishing for a dropped sock – photo Rob Lovell
Garbh Corie – photo Rob Lovell
Cumming-Crofton Route – photo Rob Lovell
Finishing The Clean Sweep – photo Rob Lovell
Squareface Buttress
Fording The Dee near Braemar
Fish suppers and irn bru
Enjoying not having to walk 10miles to Lochnagar – photo Rob Lovell
On the way down from Lochnagar
Finding probably not the best approach to Eagle Ridge
Full midge protection required for Eagle Ridge
All good on Eagle Ridge with Rob A
Bob Scott’s bothy
Dinner time in the bothy
Enjoying The Clean Sweep
Paul making light work of the tricky chimney
Approaching Sgurr a’Chaorachain
Happy climbers on the summit
Paul on Cioch Nose
Paul atop Cioch Nose
Traversing to the start of Cioch Nose
At the base of Cioch Direct
Josh happy that the chimney section of Cioch Direct is behind him
Summit of Sgurr Dubh Mor
The endless screes of Gars Bheinn
Gap jumping
Approaching the Basteir tooth with Sgurr nan Gillean in the distance
Abseiling from the inaccessible pinnacle
Josh enjoying good exposure on the inaccessible pinnacle
Still a long way to go, but at least we cane see the ridge now
Finding our way to the summit of Sgurr Dubh Mor
Great scrambing up An Stac
Looking back at Am Bastier and Bruach na Frithe from the summit of Sgurr nan Gillean
Clouds swept in for our inaccessible pinnacle summit shot
72 days after I started, on the summit of Sgurr nan Gillean with the Cuillin Ridge behind me
Classic Rock by Bike 