Tony Penning and Ali Taylor have just returned from a climbing and mountaineering trip in Italy. The intention was to find new routes in Val Veny and Val Ferret, which with the help of perfect weather they were able to do. Here’s Ali’s account of how they got on. The first new route, Zig Zag […]
Hillingdon D of E conquers Snowdonia
July saw Monsterclimbs once again leading Hillingdon in their Gold D of E practice expedition. The venue was Snowdonia in North Wales, a great challenge for the young people. Their four day route took in Y Garn, Glyder Fawr, Y Lliwedd, Snowdon, Clogwyn Du and Clogwyngarreg. Spot the group on their way to Snowdon via […]
Ali Taylor contemplating her descent from a new route in the Alps
Tony and Ali are off to the Alps again to try another dramatic unclimbed route on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc range. Visitors to the website may be interested to know that Monsterclimbs very own Ali Taylor has been involved in more new climbs on this dark side of the Alps than any […]
Climbing tuition and hill walking training in Wye Valley and Wales
The Monsterclimbs team had a challenge on their hands in July; to teach a teenage kayaking guru to climb and improve her navigation. Tony and Ali had 4 days to train young Pamela in the basics of rock climbing and hill navigation. She arrived day 1 with her own top of the range harness, determination […]
Climbing at Wintours Leap with Monsterclimbs
Sam Lewis: It just gets better. Sam has become addicted to climbing since he took a monsterclimbs lead course early this year. We had already taken Sam to Wintours Leap in the Wye Valley to introduce him to Trad/Adventure climbing and he wanted more. The weather was threatening but Sam was keen so we decided […]