It has been a long wet winter, but busy with work nevertheless. At last it’s getting warmer and drier and clients are wanting to hit the rock again. Whooppee. The forecast for Friday was a little gloomy, showers and sunshine, but windy, so Ali opted for Symonds Yat with Nich and Alan – regular clients […]
Paul Maguire Budding Climber
It is always interesting where clients find out about you. Often it is word of mouth, sometimes directly from the website but for the first time Ali met Paul via a back issue of Trek & Mountain when Monsterclimbs ran their Learning to Climb Series.Paul is quite new to climbing and came via the walking/scrambling route. […]
Josh & Jazz Learn to Lead Trad in the Wye Valley
It wasn’t the best forecast for Saturday but Sunday was sunny and dry so we decided to ‘go for it’. Ali met the two youngsters – 14 and 16 and told them the plan for their 2 day course. Both were familiar with Symonds Yat and they headed for the crag to play with gear; placing […]
Dave Tait Tames His Trad Leading Fears
Dave contacted Ali declaring he wanted ‘to grow some b***s when I’m above gear’. He also wanted help with technique. So it was with some intrigue that Ali took Dave by the horns to steer him in the right direction. After looking at gear to ensure Dave knew how to place it etc, it became […]
Alan and Nich pitch for pitch in North Wales
It didn’t seem 5 minutes since Ali spent the day with Alan Davies, but 2 months later they were driving north together with Nich Ness to have a multi-pitch adventure in Snowdonia for 3 days.The weather Friday was dry and warm as the trio walked into Cwm Idwal to do Hope, the classic VD. Nich […]