Climber and Photographer
Snowfall lead us to the driest piece of rock near Sheffield, Ravens Tor. Below are some of the photos from the day.
unknown climber on Boot Boys Direct Start F6C
Alex Barrows on the flash of Wild in me f7c
going into the undercut of the flash of Wild in me f7c
Bob Hickish taking flight on Wild in me f7c
Bob Hickish latching the crimp on Wild in me f7c
Bob Hickish on the top section of Wild in me f7c
Another trip to Wales this weekend. It was less productive for me climbing and photography wise but I felt like I have made progress on rock. Below are some of the photos I got from the trip.
Tash Ottley eyeing up the hold on the V2 at Caseg Boulders
Latching the hold on the V2
Bob Hickish working out the moves at Caseg Boulders
Alex Barrows going for the final hold on Rock Atrocity V9
I wasn’t sure about this next image, I like the close in aspect, but the lack of the climbers hand going to the hold I think spoils the image?
crossing through for the final hold on Rock Atrocity V9
Bob Hickish on Cave Life Short V9
A day of perfect conditions yesterday allowed some Peak climbing after lectures. Higgar Tor was the crag of choice and a no. of problems were ticked. The pictures below are from this impromptu session.
Chris Barr on Dirty Higgar F6C
Chris Barr on Excretea Buttress Roof
Bob Hickish setting up to jump on The Arête 7A+
Bob Hickish mid-flight…
… and latching the hold on The Arête 7A+
Waking up early on Saturday morning after half a bottle of vodka and a pizza I felt in prime condition to go climbing and decided to take Bob up on the offer to go bouldering in Wales for the weekend.
Soon we there were four of us packed into the car with mats etc. and we were on the road to Wales. Driving out of Sheffield and over the Snake Pass the conditions in the Peak looked terrible with a thick mist shrouding the hills. I was wondering whether we were actually going to be able to climb in Wales and also whether last nights pizza was going to stay in my stomach.
When we got near to Llandudno for Parisellas Cave and there was bright sunshine it was decided that we could probably climb in the mountains, a quick change of route later and we arrived in a sunny Llanberis Pass.
First stop was the Cromlech Boulders, I was pretty psyched to climb on a new rock type, though I had few issues with me being shit, having no skin and painful holds.
On a V5 up the overhanging face of the boulder to the left of Browns crack i got to test out my camera on the photogenic Theo!
Theo Concentrating on the V5
We Then Moved onto The Edge Problem V5, I was pretty stoked to do this problem as it looked like my style, however I didn’t manage it (I'm blaming my bad skin!). Luckily its a team effort and Both Barrows and Theo sent the problem.
Theo on Roadside Right-hand V2
Barrows Lanking Edge Problem
For the rest of Saturday Bob, Theo and Barrows tried Jerrys Roof and Bus Stop while I attempted to learn to climb and generally lost more of my precious skin.
After a good nights sleep in a handy car-park and a massive bowl of porridge for breakfast we felt ready for a day of crushing.
We returned to the edge problem which Bob despatched, I decided to focus on learning to climb and started to put down the mileage on easy problems.
Bob on Edge Problem V5
There was then some success on Jerry’s and I continued my mission to learn how to climb. We then decided to head over to Ogwen Valley to climb on some different rock, we ended up at a very windy Sheep Pen which so far has been one of the most inspiring bouldering I've been too, the problems to me look like bouldering and are in an amazing setting; the long walk in was worth it with a satisfying no. of problems done between us. As it got dark, it was time to leave the beauty of the mountains and head back to Sheffield.
The View From Cromlech Boulders
