Sport lead climbing seems to becoming more and more popular as people head to the climbing gym to keep fit and then realise you can do the same thing outside too. Monsterclimbs have run two consecutive sport lead courses in the Wye Valley to more and less experienced indoor climbers with amazing results. Indoor climbers […]
Sport Lead Course – Take me Tight Jonathan Crisp
Ali had the pleasure of teaching a group of climbing enthusiasts to Sport Lead Climb at Tintern Quarry and Woodcroft Quarry. They had mixed experience, Kathryn was the most experienced and loved the outdoors, Jonathan had never climbed outdoors before and Lydia had limited experience – but they had one thing in common – they were […]
Bredon Boys learn to sport lead climb
The day after Bredon School broke up for the Easter holidays Tom and Josh were back at school – but this time it was the school of rock – climbing that is.Tom, in Year 13 is due to leave school in the summer and is heading for Bangor University. He has had very little experience […]
Portland Springs
Portland is a great place to go sport lead climbing at any time of year, but it is especially good when the weather is pants everywhere else. It seems to have its own microclimate. So…. it’s the second week in February the forecast is good which led a couple of trad mates to drive down […]
Spanish New Year on Costa Blanca Hot Rock
Leaving behind the cold and miserable weather of the UK, Ali embraced the 14 days of wall to wall sunshine in the Costa Blanca and climbed her socks off. Spending Christmas and New Year away from home felt surreal but the weather and the rock made up for it. She visited the usual crags […]