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.: March 2013
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Reports - winter conditions and activity. Friday, March 29, 2013. Raven Crag Gully 29-03-13. Brilliant conditions on the classic Raven Crag Gully ice-falls today. We were out for a 'Cold Climbs' route today and on hearing this was in it seemed too good to miss, it was of course fairly busy but moved along OK with everyone enjoying a very social atmosphere. I think this must be one of the best ice routes I've done in the Lakes and is justifiably popular and great value! Raven Crag Gully IV/4(5)* *. Tuesda...
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.: December 2012
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Reports - winter conditions and activity. Wednesday, December 12, 2012. After a soggy start to the week a lot of the easier snow and ice routes have come in to fairly good condition. The snow that had been very wet is now frozen hard and any ice that survived has now got better. I was up at Blea Water yesterday and there was some climbable ice about but the main Gill only had some overnight ice on it, it might be better by tomorrow though. Wednesday, December 12, 2012. Sunday, December 09, 2012. And fini...
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.: October 2012
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Reports - winter conditions and activity. Friday, October 05, 2012. Manaslu (8,156m) Expedition 2012, Nepal. I have just returned from an expedition to Manaslu in Nepal. I was leading the expedition for www.adventurepeaks.com. Manaslu, Nepal. 8,156m. Manaslu is in the Lamjung District of Nepal and is the 8th highest peak in the world and one of the worlds 8000m peaks. It has a reputation for being a peak that is of moderate difficulty technically but with reasonably high objective dangers. Thoughts go ou...
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.: August 2013
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Reports - winter conditions and activity. Wednesday, August 21, 2013. Climbing, Gorges, Abseiling and Media. We've had a variety of great courses running recently from private guiding on some of the Lake Districts classic mountain rock climbs, instructional scrambling courses and multi activity group events. The last few days we were joined by Steve from movieit.co.uk. Here are some stills from the group Steve joined us with over the last few days. Wednesday, August 21, 2013. Thursday, August 01, 2013.
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.: January 2014
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Reports - winter conditions and activity. Wednesday, January 22, 2014. New Blog and Website. We now have a new website at Mountain Circles. Our new Blog will be updated with all the usual information at Mountain Circles Blog. I'll leave this Blog on-line as an archive but will now put all updates, news and winter condition reports through the new Blog only. For a printer friendly and updated version of the guide notes for The Works Dry-tooling Venue. Wednesday, January 22, 2014. Tuesday, January 21, 2014.
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.: January 2013
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Reports - winter conditions and activity. Monday, January 28, 2013. I have just linked up with E-Climb and look forward to using the awesome looking products from this innovative company. Another example is the 'Klauo' ice screw, a super short screw with an extended anchor point. The screws all have replaceable tips as well which is a great idea and will be welcome as bottoming out screws is a fairly regular issue on the ice we tend to climb over here. Replaceable screw tips and the stubby Klauo ice screw.
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.: Curved Ridge and Crowberry Tower, Buachaille 21-01-14
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Reports - winter conditions and activity. Tuesday, January 21, 2014. Curved Ridge and Crowberry Tower, Buachaille 21-01-14. Great day on Curved Ridge today. Plenty of wind and snow above 500m, some accumulation in Coire. Tuillach but still OK. Shelf Route was also climbed today. Good hard snow and winter condition throughout on Curved Ridge. We took a short diversion onto the Crowberry Tower also. Winter today and looking colder tomorrow and a bit more settled. Crux of Curved Ridge. New Blog and Website.
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.: Climbing, Gorges, Abseiling and Media...
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Reports - winter conditions and activity. Wednesday, August 21, 2013. Climbing, Gorges, Abseiling and Media. We've had a variety of great courses running recently from private guiding on some of the Lake Districts classic mountain rock climbs, instructional scrambling courses and multi activity group events. The last few days we were joined by Steve from movieit.co.uk. Here are some stills from the group Steve joined us with over the last few days. Wednesday, August 21, 2013. Membership - Paddy Cave.
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.: June 2012
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Reports - winter conditions and activity. Wednesday, June 13, 2012. New routes on the Isle of Coll. Last week we spent a week on the Isle of Coll off the Scottish west coast. Coll is a rocky island with some of the best beaches in the UK. There is a mass of bouldering and a few crags that are worth roping up for. Good views of Rum and Skye beyond. FA of the arete of 'Lost Lands' E2. New routes in red and the one existing route on the crag in blue. Wednesday, June 13, 2012. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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.: SCNL 08-01-14
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Reports - winter conditions and activity. Wednesday, January 08, 2014. Big depth of snow in Lochan today, all needs good freeze then many routes will be good fairly quickly. We did Dorsal Arete which was good, Scabbard Chimney climbed also today. One team bailed off Central Ordinary Route perhaps due to unfrozen turf. No one else in the Corrie today. Looks a bit colder tomorrow and weekend so could be worth a look? Wednesday, January 08, 2014. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Membership - Paddy Cave.