Climbing at Leda today! Ellie is officially a crag dog!! Had a short day, so only really did 3 climbs (Gigantic, Treehugger, Footloose). Always a good day when you touch rock though
The award goes to Slovenians Anja Petek and Patricija Verdev for their first ascent of Lalung I via the east ridge
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It's been a busy few weeks in the world of summer long rock and alpine climbing
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Nicolai and Timo Užnik recently established Airbag V14, a new problem in Maltatal
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As a youngster I was addicted to hills/mountains/rock climbing. I've only got 1 photo of me climbing from those days, we rarely took a camera. It was so hard getting to a crag that you climbed in rubbish condtions to avoid wasting a weekend. The shot is of me on P1 of Praying Mantis in Borrowdale on a damp grimy day, 1967ish, doing it wrongly of course. The mantra at the time was "the leader never falls" and you can see why! It's (usually) a bit safer these days. #Climbing #LakeDistrict
