The first time I heard about the route Whistling Kite (32), aka ‘The Kite’, located at Frog Buttress in Queensland, was a few years back through Duncan Steel, a local…
I had been warned, or let’s say even deterred, to visit Coolum crag, mainly due to the knee bar, knee pad shenanigans to be found there, basically anything goes. I…
Following on from my previous post, here’s an update of my progress on Fish Eye. For some background, Fish Eye is a 50-metre, steadily over-hanging, stella line which blasts up…
Some things have changed but many are the same; there are no leaves, the sky is clear and brighter, the air still smells of shit (fertilizer), the resident kitten is…
Hola again. Oh my goodness, the climbing can’t get much better than this, can it? I am in love with the routes here in Oliana. For the last three weeks…
Here are some photos that Simon just sent to me. They are a sneak peak of the photo shoot that we did on the super spectacular Tom et je Ris…
I did it! It was a fight to the very end. In the high crux I was certain that I was off. I even screamed out, Noooo, as I came…
Bonjour! I am here in Verdon Gorge in France to try and climb my long term goal, Tom et je Ris (8b+, 32). I first heard about this route through…
2011 started well for me. My training was paying off and I was feeling fit and strong and I was feeling fluid on the rock. But then unfortunately in March…