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Not sure if anyone's heard/read about this already, but thought it'd be worth sharing.

If someone offers you new Petzl gear very cheap, it could well be dodgy...

http://www.thebmc.co.uk/News.aspx?id=4137

Had a fantastic day out yesterday and the weather was kind to us.  I tried to explain to Will that you have to look at the forecast and then listen to what it says, if it says showery at Burbage then it likely will rain! 

We started off up the path next to Stickle Ghyll and forked off right to scramble up the ridge grade 2.  A good warm up to climbing and very grippy rock.  We then tracked round to the bottom of Pavey Ark and found the start of Crescent Climb.  Memories of…

Now here we go, my partner for the day was the" Dominator" a man who's eagerness puts Derek into a very poor second.  Mob ascent of The Point as Dom calls it well to be honest so do I now. Keeping up with these boys is hard and sometimes a little lonely, that initial slope is big and long.

 I must admit I did think Dom had soloed the first pitch as I could not see him as I approached the bottom of the route. I know I have new axes but Holy Mother of…

Does this picture of Dorsal arête ring any bells with any of the marks who had green ropes on that day.......

http://blog.westcoast-mountainguides.co.uk/?p=2035

Rick 

If point Five was just another Grade 5 gully climb, we all would have climbed it long ago.

The amount of folk law and mythology surrounding the climb builds an image in your mind which bares little relation to reality. The reason it takes so many people so long to achieve this tick has nothing to do with difficulty or conditions. Its actually in climbable condition pretty often but getting all the components to come together…

Great Gully on the Buachaille:-  Not the place to be last Friday !

http://www.abacusmountaineering.com/currentconditions.html  (Click on the Video for 4th Feb)

Mob Laird’s Bothy meet March 2004

Lessons learnt

It looked like the Lairds weekend would be the last chance I had to get up to Scotland this season so I was keen to make the most of it. My last trip up to the Cairngorms with Keith, although an enjoyable one had not been…

Just in case you missed this on the news...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12324297

When you think you need to put crampons on, put 'em on before walking anywhere!

It was Christmas Eve and things where slotting together nicely. A day off, pass out and a VERY GOOD forecast, certainly not a day to be missed.  3.30am the alarm went off (I knew I’d be tired later that night but Ann wouldn’t miss me if I fell asleep on the couch as she would be watching the box).  By 5am we were leaving Blackburn north bound, Stars shining and the thermometer reading -10.  Like everyone we’d been browsing the Web (The down side of the internet highway.) and all the ice was…

At team of six went down to Wales today for a MOB introductory winter climbing session. Colin, Keith, Derek and Myself being the more experienced members were going to show Lee and Geoff the ropes on some easy gully climbs....a nice mountaineering day out.

Things started well. Geoff and I intended to do Tower Gully, a nice grade I/II , as a starter. I wasn't sure how much Geoff had done or how he was going to handle the conditions. Of course in the true tradition of the MOB…

Inspired by some of the climbing videos I've been watching on tinternet, I thought I'd have a go at recording a day out myself. Its maybe not quite got the drama of leo Holding on El Cap, or the grunting of Chris Sharma, but Derek does do a little muttering to himself...and some steady climbing in adverse conditions. ( it also features some goats!)

If you watch carefully you can see Dereks , quite understandable, reaction to seeing the camera in my hand ( where the rope…

Check out the Steve House footage. I think even I would want two hands on the rope from my belayer on this ground! Just shows what kind of footage you can get filming yourselves though...must try harder!

http://www.andy-kirkpatrick.com/blog/view/cayesh_the_calling

and here is my latest effort. Not quite in the same league! ( video of Mark " House" Davies)

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https://www.youtube.com/user/mikebarter387#p/a/u/2/pPpAkFZT_lM

(Natural anchors . )

Jeff Lowe's 2nd Metanoia project?

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/96229096/jeff-lowes-metanoia-documentary-narrated-by-jon-kr?ref=email