A view of Greystones, Sheffield. A Swan at Rubicon Wall. Some King Cups at Cressbrook. Nige attempting Beau Geste E6 6c, Froggatt. Hot Tin Roof on the Catstone at Bosley Cloud. It was going to be a daunting solo. It had been a big deal to lead. And the precarious crux, twelve metres above a rock, was protected by good cams.

Rambling on about climbing stuff, cooking stuff, van stuff, other stuff and occasionally just stuff. Monday, April 11, 2011. Team Slovenia - Day 10. Thankfully yours truly was aboard and somewhat hungover to boot to keep things in the realms of respectability for a while at least.

Tuesday, 1 December 2009. 9th day on and counting! The weather has been poor, to say the least and Paxti is a massive beast so I thought I would try training lots and lots, and lots and lots; obviously not to the same intensity as Paxti.

Last weekend was the British bouldering championships at cliffhanger in sheffield. The comp was really well run and a lot of fun. It was a shock to see how many strong people had turned up! After watching the womens final we headed into isolation and began the warm up again. I was out second last after all the others so could take my time and warm up fully. It turns out that i am the youngest winner yet which is pretty cool, even if it does feel a bit like i won it by accident! .

Very much and very little. Tuesday, 7 January 2014. And so it continued; visits to every distillery in Islay during festival week, lowland distillery door knocking, the setting of self-examinations, note taking, befriending warehousemen on Islay, 20 phone calls a day, endless whiteboard exercises mapping the plan and processes out, visits to London to meet with a whisky maker I greatly respect, developing my USP etc. Wednesday, 23 October 2013. Tuesday, 15 January 2013.

In truth a fruit both ripe and sweet. Monday, 16 August 2010. I was lucky it went down that go too, as I acquired a split tip and a tweaked shoulder on route. Thursday, 15 July 2010. The only condition for giving away the proj was that whoever did it must go t.

Since the opening of the TCA. Last year it has been difficult to go back to training at Alien 2; it just feels too basic, and basic is easy to replicate at home. Not considering the local wall as a possible venue for training, or as a substitute for climbing, has driven us outdoors more regularly than ever before and has re-ignited our drive to get up stuff. Wednesday, 10 August 2011. Attempting to get Fred Nicole style lock. Wednesday, 3 August 2011.

I read Moby Dick once. The whole thing from cover to cover. At one point, Melville abandons all pretence of keeping the narrative going, and spends a few pages simply listing things which are white. Tuesday, 14 April 2015.

The ramblings of a insane man from London. Read at you peril! Interested in Yoga, Climbing, Running when the suns out, music of various types, all quite boring really! Friday, January 29, 2010. Cycle and Climbing Blogs I folow. Friday, January 1, 2010. Sunday, March 8, 2009. Last Thursday, I went to the Arch Climbing Wall.