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How to stay warm in winter tips
How to stay warm in winter tips When out winter walking, climbing or mountaineering, it is hard to find a balance between keeping warm and not sweating. Or being too cold, because you decided that the extra layer was too much weight to take out. This is something that can be very easily managed, […]
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Self doubt
Self doubt Self doubt can be limiting in life. I recently was inspired and thought I would share my feelings. I don’t usually read books. Never having had the drive as a child, or being taught how to love reading. Comics were more my thing, because I found this easier to follow the pictures. […]
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Winter Climbing Rack
Winter Climbing Rack Have ever wondered about what to take out on the hill when going winter climbing. How many nuts shall I take? Should I take my cams? How many ice screws will I need? What pitons shall I take? Here is our recommended winter climbing rack. Again, this is a general view, […]
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Winter Climbing Rucksack Content
Winter Climbing Rucksack Content If you have ever wondered what you would need to take out on the hill when going winter climbing. Here is our winter climbing rucksack content list of suggestions on kit to take out as a winter climber. A 35-45l rucksack with hip belt Waterproof trousers Waterproof jacket Insulating jacket […]
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Winter Climbing advice
Winter Climbing Advice So you have decided you would like to try winter climbing. But you are unsure as to where to start. Well, you have several options. As I am an instructor, I would obviously say book onto a course with us, or another provider, and learn the basics first hand. The benefit of this is that […]
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The Ice piton or “Bulldog”
The ice piton or “Bulldog” For most of you who have played around winter climbing, you would have come across a piece of protection called “The Bulldog”. For those who haven’t, it is not a dog. It is an ice piton, or ice hook, shaped like a miniature ice axe, with a sling on the […]
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Tower Ridge
The conditions on Tower Ridge today were stunning, although a bit windy. Covered, mostly, in hard neve and ice, which made the climbing much easier than usual.
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Why go Winter Climbing?
I was recently asked by a friend why go winter climbing. I thought long and hard about it, and the following was my response. You get up at 5 am, try and force some breakfast – your digestive system is still dormant. All your body wants to do at that time in the morning […]
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How to sharpen an ice axe
How to sharpen an ice axe or ice tool 26 January 2018 To sharpen, or not to sharpen an ice axe, that is the question. As climbers, we might spend a lot of cleaning our gear, drying it out after a day out in winter, neatly and orderly storing it. But once the winter season […]
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In Situ – article
Aha! A nylon loop protrudes from a crack, ‘My saviour. Clip it.‘ I relax and my body snatches some energy as I breathe again. But now the crack plays mean; too wide for torquing the pick but too narrow for the shaft. My tools hang from my wrist as I jam and crimp for another […]
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