Mathias Log

Area index

	Area	Routes	Height
GB	Gothenburg, Sweden	137	2623m
BH	Bohuslan, Sweden	99	2314m
KU	Kullen, Sweden	93	1843m
PB	Pembroke, UK	66	2408m
AV	Avon Gorge, UK	57	2255m
RU	Rjukan, Norway	55	3275m
PD	Peak District, UK	55	852m
WL	Wintours Leap, UK	55	2579m
GR	Grenoble, France	53	1650m
SC	Shorn Cliff, UK	52	1312m
MD	Mendips caves, UK	45	67m
LG	La Grave, France	36	2231m
JL	Jylland, Denmark	31	23m
GC	Goblin Combe, UK	27	586m
VC	Vercors caves, France	22	25m
YS	Yorkshire, UK	20	76m
LL	Llangattock, UK	20	360m
EC	El Chorro, Spain	20	756m
WS	Wishlist	19	775m
SJ	Sjaelland, Denmark	18	44m
JT	Joshua Tree, USA	15	452m
CH	Chamonix, France	15	4889m
WV	Wye Valley	14	18m
SD	South Devon, UK	12	489m
OR	Oresund	12	110m
VT	Vantage, USA	12	240m
CL	Chair Ladder, UK	11	587m
BC	Boise, USA	11	186m
DI	El Diente, Mexico	10	176m
ND	North Devon, UK	10	526m
YO	Yosemite, USA	10	1020m
TE	Tenerife, Spain	10	100m
IN	Indonesia	9	174m
BG	Bosigran, UK	9	577m
OM	Ombleze, France	9	398m
GW	Gower, UK	9	285m
NW	North Wales, UK	9	661m
SY	Symonds Yat, UK	8	276m
BO	Boves, Italy	8	243m
KY	Kalymnos, Greece	8	190m
MO	Moab Utah, USA	7	174m
WR	Wadi Rum, Jordan	6	3600m
CI	City of Rocks, Idaho	6	213m
ES	El Escalone, Mexico	6	250m
AC	Aculco, Mexico	6	155m
BX	Buoux, France	6	180m
PQ	Portishead Quarry, UK	6	256m
AR	Ardeche, France	6	1120m
CA	Les Callanques, France	6	355m
WC	Wyncliffe, UK	6	206m
CO	Cogne, Italy	6	980m
GG	Gogarth, UK	5	470m
CG	Cheddar Gorge, UK	5	340m
HC	Huntsham Crags, UK	5	35m
CW	Cotswold	5	11m
LD	Lake District, UK	5	275m
CU	La Cuajo, Mexico	5	125m
KJ	Kjugge, Sweden	4	34m
SW	Swanage, UK	4	107m
FB	Fontaine Bleau, France	4	32m
CY	Cloggy, UK	4	80m
HF	Hagefjell, Norway	4	2050m
NQ	Navigation Quarry, UK	4	98m
LH	Lillehammer, Norway	4	320m
GM	Guatemala, Guatemala	4	102m
VD	Verdon, France	4	130m
BS	Beitostoelen, Norway	3	30m
TU	Tulum, Mexico	3	67m
CR	Crolles, France	2	20m
SM	Shakemantle Quarry, UK	2	53m
TQ	Tintern Quarry, UK	2	40m
BE	Pena de Bernal, Mexico	2	310m
MX	Mexico	2	1m
BZ	Belize, Belizes	2	1m
CN	Cannes, France	2	50m
FD	Forest of Dean, UK	2	4m
SE	Sennen, UK	2	53m
OS	Oslo, Norway	2	14m
BA	Cabo San Lucas, Mexico	2	50m
PR	Presles, France	2	120m
UC	Under Cover Rock, UK	1	12m
SQ	Split Rock Quarries, UK	1	30m
MZ	Mendoza, Argentina	1	6000m
DU	Dubai, UAE	1	10m
GU	Gunnard Head, UK	1	66m
CC	Cervinia, Italy	1	4000m
	Total:	1360	308834m

Gothenburg, Sweden (GB)

Bondage lead FZ 03-Sep-23

Great handjam test piece.

Graevlingesex lead FZ 03-Sep-23

Enjoyable fistjamming

Tunnsprickan lead FZ 03-Sep-23

Oles Crack lead FZ 03-Sep-23

Frits had a bit of a struggle trying to lead it. Fell twice and ripped the gear both times.

Ninja-Sara lead FZ 02-Sep-23

Great long route from the base to the top of Lexby. In the new guide.

Plugghaesten lead FZ 02-Sep-23

Oktober lead FZ 02-Sep-23

Great Crack dnf FZ 02-Sep-23 🥀

Had to bail again! It was fairly damp deep inside the crack but still. I need to get someone to take me up this.

Bananblocket sec MH 03-Jun-23 💪

Harder than I remembered.

Stopper lead MH 03-Jun-23 🍒💯💪🔥

Tick of the day! I have been wanting to try this for a while and with Michael I felt ready. A sustained jam fest with mostly small hands, fingers and the odd fist. Boy was I glad to get to the top spanked and happy.

Robins Crack sec MH 03-Jun-23

Michael was struggling in the crux with a high step. I had my hands full seconding.

Spagaten lead MH 03-Jun-23

Snet til Hoejre sec MH 03-Jun-23

Espilon lead MH 03-Jun-23

Couldnt believe I had not climbed this obvious line before. Brilliant.

Babianen lead MH 03-Jun-23

Ormens Fader sec MH 03-Jun-23

Finish to Panda. In itself an excellent route.

Panda lead MH 03-Jun-23 🍒

Had been on my wishlist for a while. Did not disappoint. Brilliant splitter continueing from previous route.

Ants in my Pants sec MH 03-Jun-23

Tricky start needing a rare combination of umfph and careful route finding!

Sneda Sprickan lead MH 03-Jun-23

Silstyparen lead FZ 17-Jun-22

Clean ascent. Gear on left side of harness.

Kanten lead FZ 17-Jun-22 🍒🤸🍼

One point of aid. Found it impossible to move around the arete. Excellent route after the burly start.

Jamspricka Nr 1 lead- FZ 16-Jun-22 🍒💪

This time I didn't have a hangover. I was on for it. Still had to rest on the rope once - my hands were cramped up. I think it is more like E2.

Climb it lead FZ 16-Jun-22 📸

Drambuie lead FZ 16-Jun-22

Nice little spot.

Koskovenor lead FZ 16-Jun-22

Chivas Regal lead FZ 16-Jun-22

Himmelberget lead FZ 16-Jun-22

Great long expedition

One move of Sex lead FZ 15-Jun-22 🍒💯

Awesome corner route. Gets grade 6 in the book and badly protected. Complete bollocks. It's easier and well protected. Great route.

Hollywood lead FZ 15-Jun-22 🤸

Fell on the crux - again. Excellent sporty route. I gave it E4 6b last time, that I think it too much. No more than E3.

Rosa paa Bete lead FZ 15-Jun-22

Worthwhile route. Looks a bit manky from below.

Slowfox dnf FZ 15-Jun-22 🥀

Manky. We went up a wrong start and decided to leave it for another day.

Jug sec FZ 14-Jun-22

Aelgens Overraskning lead FZ 14-Jun-22 🍒

Brilliant route as always.

Pi Kuan lead FZ 14-Jun-22

Babianen sec FZ 10-Apr-22 📸

Done a second time to reach the ledge and abseil down the two previous routes to clean them

Pyton lead FZ 10-Apr-22 🥀💪

A monster of a route. Was spanked at the crux and physced out due to the exposure and sketchy hang on a single rope with sharp edges on the rock. Good gear throughout. Will be back to attempt it again.

Boa Constrictor lead FZ 10-Apr-22 🥀💪

Description in the book is wrong. Had to back off this due to lack of large gear

Vraalapan lead FZ 10-Apr-22

Good pumpy number. Did the left-round-the-block version.

Babianen sec FZ 10-Apr-22 📸

Till lead FZ 09-Apr-22

Halta Felix lead FZ 09-Apr-22 📸

Worth while route in that area

Monster Crack lead FZ 09-Apr-22 📸

A bit tricky to get to but excellent route. Photo is of the crux

Catch 22 lead FZ 09-Apr-22 🍼📸

Had to pull on the bolt in the start. Excellent finishing move

Groena Sprickan lead FZ 09-Apr-22 📸

Looks a bit manky from below but it's totally worth it. Excellent fist jams to get your through the roof

Leeper lead FZ 09-Apr-22 🎬Video

Traverse is fairly sketchy. Finishing move requires umph

Roennleden sec FZ 09-Apr-22 📸

Bantaren lead FZ 07-Nov-20

Place gear on right side of harness.

Babianen Direkt lead KR 02-May-19

Mirceas led top 02-May-19

Self top rope. No partners. Brilliant practice for finger crack techniques.

Kenneths Led lead KR 04-Apr-19

Gunnars skraeck lead KR 04-Apr-19

Bananblocket lead KR 04-Apr-19

Oles crack lead KR 04-Apr-19

Robins crack lead KR 04-Apr-19

Nordkroken sec JC AK 05-Feb-19 ⛏

The Undertaker sec JC AK 05-Feb-19 ⛏ 🍒💯📚Report

Tjabo sec FZ 05-Oct-18

Roennleden sec FZ 05-Oct-18

Runt Hoernet lead KR 19-Sep-18

Tunnsprickan lead KR 19-Sep-18 📸

There was Yoor flowing everywhere that evening. Climbers everywhere - even a team, 2 girls and a guy, starting up a face aid climbing in the dark as we left - totally on for it. The girl flood litted the face with a handheld kowalski light while aid-boy was making his slow progress upwards. They had the yoor.

Ekorren lead KR 04-Sep-18 🌘

Bearnie lead KR 04-Sep-18

Kanten lead KR 04-Sep-18

Till alt KR 01-Jan-18

Pollux lead FZ 04-Jul-18

Megera lead FZ 04-Jul-18 🍒💪

Happy with onsight of hidden gem of grade 6 jam crack. Sustained and awesome.

Skaerselden lead KR 20-Jun-18

La Traviata lead KR 20-Jun-18

Flygande Maran lead KR 20-Jun-18 🎬Video

Alfa Helix lead KR 20-Jun-18

Torrsimmet lead KR 20-Jun-18 🍒

Excellent route. Nice to have big gear for the wide cracks.

Tjabu lead KR CA 13-Jun-18

Fars Dag lead KR CA 12-Jun-18

Aelgens Oeverraskning Direct lead JC 15-May-18 🍒

A variation. Fun. Spaced gear.

Aelgens Oeverraskning lead JC 15-May-18 🍒

Excellent route. I had been wanting to do this for a while. Perfect warm evening for it.

Luftmadrassen lead JC 15-May-18

Other side of the roof of Aelgens. Well worth it.

Jappe lead JC 15-May-18

A bit more stiff that the other ones of the evening

Jug lead JC 15-May-18 🍒

John had hurt his finger so he let me lead everything this evening

Pi kuan lead JC 15-May-18

A lot of fun. Going through the roof was tricky

Granny Smith lead KR 14-May-18

Finally got round to do this. A bit manky in the crack and a ravens nest mid way (with a mother raven and dad raven flying around squeaking) made the route nice to have put behind us

Braennvinsleden lead 25-Apr-18

The Undertaker sec JC 18-Mar-18 ⛏ 🔥💪📚Report

Absolute mindblowing beauty. Climbed with head torches at night.

Liten og Full solo 08-Jan-18 👊

Bohemia lead JC 18-Apr-18

Excellent wall climb. Gear is there when you need it.

Gladiatorn sec JC 18-Apr-18 🔩

Sport Route. A lot of fun and really technical.

Hollywood lead- JC 18-Apr-18 🤸

Tried a difficult route. Protection bomber and midway I thought I had it in the bag. And then the crux spat me off. Tried with difficulty to do the crux and eventually got it. Exciting. Will be back for a red point attempt.

Toblerone sec JC 18-Apr-18 🍒

Awesome route. Really technical at the top.

Gunnars skraeck solo 17-Nov-17 🎬Video

Gunnars skraeck top 07-Nov-17

Gritslabben top 07-Nov-17

Sneda Sprickan sec KR 27-Sep-17

Roennleden sec KR 26-Sep-17

Svara Diedret top 19-Sep-17

Bantaren top 12-Sep-17

Tioringen sec 12-Sep-17

I would say that is is wider not narrower than the other ow mentioned in the book. Excellent route.

Kenneths snedsteg lead KR 29-Aug-17

Kenneths led lead KR 29-Aug-17

Gomorra lead KR 29-Aug-17

Lilla Hornet sec KR 29-Aug-17

Tunnsprickan lead KR 23-Aug-17

Svarta Diedret lead KR 23-Aug-17

Borta med vinden lead KR 23-Aug-17

Ockero LP KR 06-Jul-17 👊

Fina Sprickan lead KR 05-Jul-17

Next to Volvo. Brilliant fist jamming.

Spagaten lead KR 05-Jul-17

Oktober lead MB 20-Aug-16

Jamspricka nr 1 sec MB 20-Aug-16 🍒💪💯

Aatervaendsgraenden lead MB 20-Aug-16 🍒

Crack of Doom lead MB 20-Aug-16

Asterix och Obelix lead MB 20-Aug-16

Plugghaesten lead KR 21-Jun-16

Back to settle a bill. This time it went free. What a route.

Fridstoraren lead 15-Jun-16 🍒

Spagaten lead 14-Jun-16 🍒

Alfa Helix lead 14-Jun-16 🍒

Braennvinsleden lead JS 07-Jun-16 🍒

Highlight of the evening. Boy was I pumped mid way. Quite strenous in the start traverse. A Cam3 is a real life saver (as always).

Roennleden lead JS 07-Jun-16

Sneda sprickan lead JS 07-Jun-16

Hard if you are not a jamming master

Spagaten lead JS 07-Jun-16

Snett aat hoeger lead JS 07-Jun-16

Slightly harder that Spagaten next to it.

Agnesberg lead AK 20-Jan-16 ⛏

Evening roadside ice.

Fredagens led sec KR 29-Oct-15

Robins crack lead KR 19-Oct-15

Excellent climb. Next time we will climb with without using the tree for the feet. :)

Bananblocket lead KR 19-Oct-15 🍒

Continuation of Robins crack. Excellent route. Thought we did a VS and it turned out to be E1 as we consulted the book afterwards. Nice!

Elektricitet lead KR 19-Oct-15

Doable in the dark. Good for when you just can't get enough rock. Interesting little problem with an exciting finish.

Oles crack lead KR 12-Oct-15

After work climb. Excellent line. Remember to save the Cam 4 for the break. Negotiated the mantle in stranded whale style: it worked but it wasn't pretty. Excellent climb.

Climb it sec KR 12-Oct-15

First onsight trad lead by Kaspar. Excellent effort.

Plugghaesten lead- KR 28-Sep-15 🤸🌘📚Report

Seemed like the easiest way up from the ledge. Great route shame I had to hang on the gear. Need more jamming practice. Lots more. Epic abseil (see report)

Mefisto lead- KR 22-Sep-15 🤸

Babianen lead KR 17-Aug-15

Felt a lot harder than it should. Good effort from Kaspar as the routed required a few jamming moves.

Nalle Puh sec FZ 16-Jun-15

Subba sec FZ 16-Jun-15

Rovjammet lead FZ 16-Jun-15 🍒💀

Absolute beauty. Next time bring a large cam.

Carl Gustavs HP lead KR 10-Jun-15

Nalle Puh lead KR 09-Jun-15

Silvias VF lead KR 09-Jun-15

Highway 66 lead KR 09-Jun-15 💯

Vaxelstrom solo 30-May-13 👊

Bohuslan, Sweden (BH)

100 dagar top 11-Apr-19

Gulag alt FZ 21-May-23 🍼🧤

In search of a clean splitter had us engaging in this swedish 6+! Probably E3. Excellent fun. Had to hang a couple of times and on a desperate bulgy, dirty and grassy finish I used a point of aid (foot sling) to reach a branch in the top. Fairly desperate. I have learned now from experience (Sesam) that not all routes get climbed and if they do they may just be done on top rope up to a certain point. This means that you may be climbing something that feels "well trodden" and they after all the physical struggles you may arrive to a horrendous un-groomed finish. Last pitch was a 20 meter pure layback crack. Also a bit dirty but excellent fun.

Hällere den anden lead FZ 20-May-23 🌤🧤

Tricky start.

En trumpen vaar lead FZ 20-May-23 🌤🧤

Newly opened area (2022) with a handful of 10-15 meter jam test pieces. This one was OW and had me at my limit of capabilities.

Stina sec FZ 20-May-23

Mia lead FZ 20-May-23

Easier graded in the book but the committing finish makes it E1 in my book.

Jakob lead FZ 20-May-23 🍒

Clean granite slanting jaming. Brilliant.

Spectra lead FZ 20-May-23 📸

Fired up for more. The more technical neighbor but not as long and majestic. Fun!

Kaminokul lead FZ 20-May-23 🍒💯

I had spotted this climb a few times earlier and finally it was dry for us to engage. What a line. A crack/chimney from base to top. An absolute full on yoor fest.

Queen Elizabeth sec FZ 19-May-23

Weird guidebook description. Grade completely off.

Prinsessan lead FZ 19-May-23 🍒💪

Beautiful line. Hard fingery crack. Glad it went free. Excellent remote location in a the forest near a deep dark lake.

Prins Hat sec FZ 19-May-23

Store Björn lead FZ 19-May-23

Revisiting this climb to start the morning.

Letta Leden lead FZ 18-May-23

Excellent afternoon climb and start to an extended weekend.

Sesam lead JJ 07-Aug-22 💀🥀

I was so fired up after the previous route that I had Jill belaying me up an ultra manky and downwrite dangerous route. 20 meters up I managed to pass an extremely dodgy loose boulder the size of a washing machine, and standing on top of this boulder I decided to bail from an in-situ rusty friend and my backup sling.

Letta Leden lead JJ 07-Aug-22 🍒🦎💯

2 pitches, 50 meter in total. Second pitch is a jamming marathon. Perfect route in that grade. A bit like Blue Sky from Pembroke.

Oventat Besog lead JJ 06-Aug-22

Start of this one is really tough for the grade. Great route.

Varnarn lead JJ 06-Aug-22

Boulder start, exciting unprotected slab mid route and an brilliant jam corner to finish.

Myggarnas Flugt sec JJ 06-Aug-22

Beautiful line. Excellent climbing.

Norsk Espresso lead JJ 06-Aug-22

Jill had a go at leading but it is clear that you need firm jamming skills to find these types of route easy. We lowered her down and I led instead.

Dolomittravers lead JJ 06-Aug-22

A neighbourghing crag to the popular Hoegberget. Real impressive and the high level traverse did not disappoint. Classic adventure climbing.

Olivia sec JJ 06-Aug-22

Feministiskt Initiative lead JJ 06-Aug-22

Gave Hoegberget a chance to shine and I still think the place sucks. The rock is dirty and there is seepage here and there. I don't know why people rave about this place. I do need to have a go at Yamamoto, but it was ... wet.

Jamspricka lead KK 28-Jul-22

Exploring a new area near Dingle. True adventure climbing place. This route is a short little piece with grand routes behind. The guide book says: bring small nuts and double rope

Store Björn lead KK 28-Jul-22 🍒

Pure splitter on sharp rock. Crack between hands and fists, but plenty of depth to take the whole arm. Super pleased to get to the top clean despite being spanked at the final bit. Just brilliant. No gloves.

Norsk Espresso lead KK 28-Jul-22 🍒🌤

Stricking line on a really great crag. Superb climbing all the way.

Joannas Led lead KK 28-Jul-22 🍒🤸🔥🧤

Pure splitter. So close to ticking this beauty clean. It was basically the final move and I was spanked and didn't have enough umph to pull over the lip. Got it after a quick hang on the friend. Perfect hand size all the way. Gloves.

Sillunchen sec KK 28-Jul-22 🍒💯📸

Absolutely brilliant route. Great lead from Kristian who unfortunately subsequently had to withdraw from climbing and resort to belaying only. Problems with elbows.

Champangefrukost lead KK 28-Jul-22 🌤

Back to finish an unsettled bill. Excellent route, though a bit broken by the midway ledge. Ate my full rack. Crux is in the roof.

Blame Canada sec KK 27-Jul-22 🍒

Vad ar otid sec KK 27-Jul-22 Link

I andra hand alt KK 27-Jul-22 🍒🦎📸

Ettan alt KK 27-Jul-22 🍒🦎📸

Finally we entered center stage. Good to get on it and less intimedating than when looked at from afar. I led the first easier pitch and Kristian the second.

Troettmoessans Tystnad sec KK 27-Jul-22 📸

Nixten sec TW 17-Jul-22 📸

Vad ar otid lead TW 16-Jul-22

Pretty happy about this finger crack tick.

Stackanda Myror lead TW 16-Jul-22 🧤📸

Easier version of Tims Tabu.

Tabu sec TW 16-Jul-22 🧤🍒💯📸

Amazing OW using hand-fist stacks. It really worked. I was glad Tim led it and really impressed with his abilities.

Salsa lead TW 16-Jul-22

Tjuvjakt sec TW 16-Jul-22 🍒🔥📸

Excellent route at Binghult.

Staalfaal lead TW 15-Jul-22 🍒

Climbed next to crackmaster Pete Whitaker and his super crack climber of a girlfriend.

En liten bit granit sec TW 15-Jul-22 🍒📸

Excellent lead by Tim.

Bjornbarssnarigt lead- TW 14-Jul-22 🍒🤸

Very close to a real mother of a whipper. I went up above my last nut placement to commit to the crux move and accidently kicked the nut out with my foot. That ment I was now in a committing move and looking at a double length whipper with hurting consequences. I managed to reverse the moves and while loosing power to the pump I just managed to place a friend in, clip it and Tim took in for me to rest and re callibrate.

I andra hand alt TW 14-Jul-22 🍒🦎

Sir William lead- TW 13-Jul-22 🍼

Haller Myr is a pretty place but the routes are not. Apparently the neighbourgh 7- is easier than this one.

Gradhyllan sec TW 13-Jul-22 📸

DNA lead TW 12-Jul-22 🍒

Palimpsest sec TW 12-Jul-22 🍒📸

Blame Canada lead FZ 23-Oct-21 🍒🎬Video

Brilliant route. You abseil down to the base and have to climb out. This is the easiest route out.

Sex i smyg sec FZ CA 23-Oct-21

Toker och Glader lead FZ 23-Oct-21

Droemmen om Snoevit lead FZ CA 23-Oct-21

Prosit och spader lead FZ 23-Oct-21

Baesta Leden i Valesrod lead FZ 22-Oct-21

Hoggfarmen lead FZ 12-Oct-20 🍒📸

Stunning line and a great route. If you are looking for pure splitter fun in Bohuslan (and you are) then this one is a really good choice.

Mallorol lead FZ 12-Oct-20 💪🍒💯📸

On an otherwise rainy weekend this one suddenly came into the suggestion pool. Luckily the sun broke through and we climbed this classic in perfect conditions. It wasn't clear to me where the broken foothold was.

Aaterkomsten sec FZ 11-Oct-20 ☔

Barnleken lead FZ 11-Oct-20 📸

Worth doing for the diedre in the top. Brilliant.

Champangefrukost lead MB 19-Aug-18 🥀☔

Did first pitch and then bailed at the ledge because of the rain.

Prismaster alt MB 19-Aug-18 🍒💯🔥

Our ambition for the weekend ticked.

Amurleoparden lead MB 19-Aug-18 📚Report

A 5+ slab beauty

Berguven lead MB 19-Aug-18

Easy for the grade

Tag mig harifron lead MB 18-Aug-18

Byggeman Bob lead MB 18-Aug-18

Oedhumlan lead MB 18-Aug-18

Baesta Leden i Valesrod lead MB 18-Aug-18 🍒

Monkey style pull up in the roof

Palimpsest lead MB 17-Aug-18

DNA lead MB 17-Aug-18

Slippery when wet lead MB 17-Aug-18

Bergkirstis polska lead MB 17-Aug-18 💪💯

Nearly slid off in the crux.

Hoppande Norrman lead MB 17-Aug-18

I andra hand lead FZ 25-May-18 🍒

Ornen alt FZ 25-May-18 🌤

Blaabaerrisset lead FZ 25-May-18

Off width to chimney. Burly.

En fyra for en myra alt FZ 24-May-18

Jaernkaminen lead FZ 24-May-18

Hakke Hakkespett lead FZ 24-May-18

Kalle og Molo lead FZ 24-May-18

Finished with swimming in the nearby lake. Absolute paradise.

Byggmester Bob lead FZ 24-May-18

Palimpsest lead LP 05-Jul-17

Feministiskt Initiative lead KR 29-Mar-17 ☔

Soaking wet

Olivia lead KR 29-Mar-17

Vaaroffer lead MB 28-Mar-17

A lot more tricky than it looks. The jams are flaring and not very deep. Glad it went free.

Fimbull lead MB 28-Mar-17

Game On lead MB 28-Mar-17

Jaernkaminen lead MB 28-Mar-17

Jungfrun lead MB 28-Mar-17

Villskudd lead MB 28-Mar-17 🍒💪💯

Q.Robur lead MB 28-Mar-17

Jungfrun lead KR 05-Oct-16

Nunnegurkan lead KR 05-Oct-16

Hoppande Norrman lead KR 05-Oct-16

Karlekstunneln lead KR 04-Oct-16 🍒💀

The great chinmey route that splits the massive lump of rock. Fall not an option as you would fall into the deep chimney.

Fingret sec MB 21-Aug-16

Cora sec MB 21-Aug-16

I andra hand alt MB 21-Aug-16 🍒💯

For You lead MB 21-Aug-16 📚Report

Troettmoessans Tystnad lead MB 21-Aug-16

Den Gamla Klassikern alt MB 21-Aug-16 🍒

Excellent route at the main face of Haller. First pitch requires solid worming skills - bring a Camelot 4 for the crux. Second pitch is more difficult than the guidebook suggests but it does go. Be a bit careful going across the boulder choke and make sure you find the good hand hold on the right going through the final roof. Exposed. Well worth it. Walk off the crag going all the way across the ledges to the path in the forest. Yoor!

Kullen, Sweden (KU)

Exhibitionistens Frustrationer lead LP, JG 09-Sep-23 🌤

Ridge visible from the JG hut. Excellent route. Spectacular setting. Really worthwhile.

Kuseskraeck lead LP, JG 09-Sep-23

Nice puzzle. Had to make most of the few pieces of gear placements available.

Den hoeje travers lead AX 29-Jun-22 🍒🦎💯📸

Tyskerruten lead LA 29-Jun-22 🍒🌤

Great day out with Lasse and the kids

Wolfgang Amadeus lead LA 29-Jun-22 🍒🌤

Master and Servant top 29-Jun-22 🍒🌤

Thunderlips lead LA 29-Jun-22 🍒🌤📸

On motorbike to Kullen. Excellent day out.

King Kong sec EE 26-Jun-22 🍒🍼🌤

Emil won the toss of the lead. Good job. I struggled in the crux and had to pull on the gear to get up.

Tyskerruten lead EE 26-Jun-22 🍒🌤

Absolute Kullen beauty

Titanic sec EE 26-Jun-22 🍼

Great little sport route. Had to pull on the gear

Thunderlips sec EE 25-Jun-22 🍒

This is a great route.

Master and Servant lead EE 25-Jun-22 🍒

Giacomo Puccini sec MH EE 25-Jun-22 📸

Climbed with the Danish climbing legend Hjorten.

Franz Liszt sec EE 25-Jun-22

Wolfgang Amadeus lead EE 25-Jun-22

Myretuen sec EE 25-Jun-22 📸

Myregangen lead EE 25-Jun-22

Broken English sec EE 25-Jun-22 🌤

Excellent quality rock. Just too damn short.

Navnloes lead FZ 12-Sep-21

Den lille Skorsten lead FZ EW 12-Sep-21

Beta lead FZ 12-Sep-21

Well worth it. The area above K2 is not as loose as it looks from below.

Swlabr lead FZ 12-Sep-21

This route is crammed in betimeen 2 more obvious lines. Total eliminate.

Wang Dang Doodle lead FZ 12-Sep-21 🔩

Excellent route. Bomber protection throughout.

Single Handjam lead FZ 12-Sep-21

Great route, excellent protection throughout.

Japanerruten lead FZ 12-Sep-21

Diedren K2 lead FZ EW 11-Sep-21

Good to be climbing with Emil

Originalruten sec FZ 22-Aug-19

Straight Flush sec FZ 22-Aug-19 🔩💯

Sailed to Kullen with Spooky and MTBikes. Excellent concept.

Ingers Parla lead FZ 05-Oct-18

Tornerose lead FZ 16-Aug-16

Single Handjam lead FZ 16-Aug-16

Japanerruten lead FZ 16-Aug-16

Josefinelust Overhaenget lead FZ 06-Jun-16 🍒

First route of the day. This one had been on my wishlist for a while and what a route! Excellent line up perfect rock.

Flagermusen lead FZ 06-Jun-16 🍒💯

I had the feeling I had done this before (which I had, 13 years ago), but as I climbed it it all felt new. Brilliant route.

Aero lead FZ 06-Jun-16

Did this as the last route of the day. Super pleased that I onsighted it and had plenty of power to spare. Freak Brothers next!

Originalruten sec FZ 24-Sep-15

Franska Trick lead FZ 10-Sep-15 💯

Did this route as the last of the day: it was ambitious and I was super pleased I got up it clean. It was at the edge of my greasy fingers at the very top. It's an excellent route.

Jocko lead FZ 05-Aug-15

Cracks and Slabs lead FZ 05-Aug-15

Kapillaer lead FZ 05-Aug-15 🌤

Excellent route done as the last of a bunch on a great sunny day.

Ventetiden lead FZ 04-Aug-15

Done in the approaching storm and darkness. Excellent to get a route in before camping.

Akerskanten lead AN 21-Aug-10

Nice traverse followed by a short but satisfying climb up the exposed arete. Great to have Jakob following teaching Anton the ins and outs of rock climbing.

Franska Trick top 6-Jun-09

Traditionel lead 6-Jun-09

Climbed with Marco at Jean Gab's wedding.

Originalruten lead MB 4-Jun-05 🍒

A long held desire to show KU to Martin is realised. Climbed on a borrowed rack from Fred and Martin using a sling as a harness. Good climb squeezed in betimeen social engagements. Very kind of Martin to give the climb three stars.

Flopp lead JR FW AN TR HW 24-Aug-03 🎬Video

Another fun weekend of mixed climbing and scuba diving.

Handjam lead JR 24-Aug-03 Excellent jamming route.

Tyskeruten lead JR 23-Aug-03 🍒 Jesper did well in following.

Den hoeje travers lead JR 23-Aug-03

Den hoeje travers lead HW 17-Aug-03

Great weekend of climbing bbq'ing picnic'ing and scubadiving! We brought *all* the gear to the crags + kids.

Den Rode Platte lead AN 16-Aug-03

Anton's first climb. He was so keen on more that instead of walking of from the stance we mountaineered our wayh to the summit climbing a few other routes on the way up.

Dyt lead CW 1-Jun-03

Originalruten lead CW 1-Jun-03 🍒

Incredible rute up the exposed arete of one of the most impressive walls on KU. It was quite wet in the bottom requiring a bit of mad going for it in the start which unfortunately turned Celine of the idea of climbing it this time.

Svenskeruten lead CW 31-May-03 🍒

Toebrud lead CW 31-May-03

Great rute at the grade

Ventetiden lead CW 31-May-03

Celine's first go at traditional climbing.

Kapillar lead CW 31-May-03 🍒🌤

Brilliant start to a weekend of Swedish rock sea and sun

Tyskeruten lead FW 17-May-03 🍒

Lovely route

Den hoeje travers lead FW 17-May-03

I love this route. It is easy but it is a real little adventure. Great positions.

Papillon lead FW 18-May-03

I had done this before. A great route an easier version of its neighbor Flagermusen equally interesting.

Flagermusen lead FW 18-May-03 🍒

Superb route great exposure and a finish requirering careful thinking.

Pentymal/Daffy jam lead FW 17-May-03

A classic of this section. Nice crag climbing.

Frigg sec FW 17-May-03

Fine crag climbing. Fred lost his camelot 2.

Freja lead FW 17-May-03

In celebration of Seans newborn daughter called Freja Fred and I climbed the crag of this little baby.

Quicksilber lead UH 1-Jul-00 🍒

Excellent route. Superb rock big jugs on exposed ground. As festive as it gets

Oligmal lead UH 1-Jul-00

Mirakel lead UH 1-Jul-00

A critical midway hold was wet which made it quite difficult.

Franska Trick lead UH 1-Jul-00 🔩💪🍒

This route had been on my Swedish ticklist for a long time. I was well pleased

Tyskeruten lead UH 1-Jul-00

The rock was still wet in places. The weather was improving as the day went on.

One tricky move lead 1-Jan-92

Originalruten lead 1-Jan-92

Diedren lead 1-Jan-92

Den store diedre lead 1-Jan-92

Toebrud lead 1-Jan-92

Ventetiden lead 1-Jan-92

Svenskeruten lead 1-Jan-92 🍒

Finger jam lead 1-Jan-92 🍒

Spirillen lead 1-Jan-92

Pentymal/Daffy jam lead 1-Jan-92

Diedren lead 1-Jan-92

Den stejle groove lead 1-Jan-92

Traditionel lead 1-Jan-92

Den hoeje travers lead 1-Jan-92

Klasisk IV lead 1-Jan-92

Koalakanten top 1-Jan-92

P.S. Diedren lead 1-Jan-92

Originalruten lead 1-Jan-92

A little piece of quartz got into my eye and I had to get it out with local anastaetic the next day on the hospital. Very nasty.

Svaeveflyvervaeggen lead 1-Jan-92

Myretuen lead 1-Jan-92

Svenskervaeggen lead 1-Jan-92

Lynet lead JR 1-Jan-92 🍒

My first aid climb. Excellent stuff. I fell on my smallest rp and it held. Good good fun.

Traditionel sec JR SH 1-Jan-91 🍒🎖

September 1991. My first ever climb. Jesper Ritzau took Simon Hauch and me up this 2 pitch route on Aakermansberget on Kullen. I was pretty excited for almost a whole year having done this one climb. It was good fun and it was the start of something big!

Aakersberget JR FW AN TR HW 24-Aug-03 🤿 🍒🎬Video

Pembroke, UK (PB)

Shape-Up sec MB 15-Jul-12 🍒

Excellent effort of Martin. It is the easiest line out of Huntsman Leap and it is by no means easy.

Army Dreamers lead MB 15-Jul-12 🍒

Front line lead MB 15-Jul-12 🍒

The Arrow lead MB 15-Jul-12 🍒

Bludgeon lead MB 15-Jul-12 🍒

Tactician sec MB 15-Jul-12 🍒

Zero Hour lead MB 6-Mar-00

Hangover 77 sec MB 6-Mar-00

Bludgeon lead MB 6-Mar-00 🍒

Cool for Cats sec MB 6-Mar-00

The Loosener sec MB 5-Mar-00

The Arrow sec MB 5-Mar-00

Front Line lead MB 5-Mar-00

Piggy's Crack sec MB 5-Mar-00

Clean Hand Blues Band sec MB 5-Mar-00

Rock Idol lead TW 31-Aug-98 🍒

The Hole lead TW 31-Aug-98

Manzoku sec TW 31-Aug-98 🍒

World War III Blues sec TW 31-Aug-98

Deep Space alt TW 30-Aug-98 🍒💯

The Strait Gate sec TW 30-Aug-98 🍒

Brazen Butress Triple Direct lead TW 30-Aug-98

Desperately off route I climbed three routes in one.

Kraken lead TW 29-Aug-98

Hangover 77 sec TW 29-Aug-98

War Games lead TW 29-Aug-98

Depraved sec TW 29-Aug-98

Howling Gale lead TW 29-Aug-98

My first E36a. I had seen people climbing this a few weekends earlier so technically it is not and OSF.

First Blood sec TW 29-Aug-98 💯

Hard warm up!

Hangover 77 lead VH 31-May-98 🍒

B-Team Butress sec VH 31-May-98

Aero lead VH 31-May-98

Whispering Wind lead VH 30-May-98

Rear Wind sec VH 30-May-98

Cool for Cats lead VH 30-May-98 🍒

Limbo sec VH 30-May-98

Manzoku lead VH 30-May-98

I had forgotten all my friends for this weekend so all the routes were done on a set of nuts. Quite okay actually.

Blue Sky alt WW 25-May-98 🍒💯

It was just such a great day. Had a wank at the stance out of sight of Will!

World War III Blues lead WW 25-May-98

Hercules lead WW 25-May-98

Limbo lead WW 25-May-98

Stennis Pillar alt WW 25-May-98

Inner Space lead WW 24-May-98 🍒

Sea Groove lead WW 24-May-98

Flanker lead WW 23-May-98

Deranged lead WW 23-May-98 🍒🔥

I must have felt pretty chuffed with my first E2 in the book.

Tactician lead WW 23-May-98

Front Line lead WW 23-May-98

The Crucifix lead WW 4-May-98

Michelangelo lead WW 4-May-98

The Crucifix lead WW 4-May-98

Razzle Dazzle lead WW 4-May-98

The Gadfly lead JI WW 4-May-98

Bow-shaped Slap sec JI WW 4-May-98

Sea mist sec JI WW 3-May-98

Ocean passage alt JI WW 3-May-98

Riders on the storm lead JI 3-May-98 🍒

Ouickstep lead JI WW 3-May-98

Highland fling sec JI WW 3-May-98

Cupids Bow lead JI 2-May-98

I couldn't do the direct start and had to traverse in from the left.

The Arrow lead WW 2-May-98 💯

Chieftain lead WW 2-May-98

Army Dreamers lead WW 2-May-98

Bomb bay lead WW 2-May-98

Shell Shock lead WW 2-May-98

Sandbagged lead WW 2-May-98

Stacked Against lead WW 2-May-98 📚Report

Avon Gorge, UK (AV)

No Crack for Old Men sec TW 20-Jul-12

Suspension Bridge Arete lead MB 2-Mar-08 🍒

Despite a hangover I felt much more akin to the rock.

Suspense sec MB 2-Mar-08 🍒

Good lead from Martin.

Suspension Bridge Arete sec RS MB 18-May-04 📸

Did a festive speed ascent as the second.

Baby Duck lead MB RS 18-May-04 🍒

I got pumped. Excellent sustained route.

Bonbogies lead MB 15-Nov-03 🍒

Lovely climb. Make sure you don't do the direct as the traversing has some excellent moves in it. Ticked just before my plane left back to Copenhagen. Thanks Martin.

The Lich lead MB 15-Nov-03 🍒

Excellent. Just excellent. I love AV.

Central Butress lead VM 17-Sep-00

Great Central Route lead VM 17-Sep-00 🍒

Excellent route. We finished of by rescueing two female muppets from Central Gully on the left.

Syph lead SF 31-Jul-00

Not a bad route

Jumping Carrots lead SF 31-Jul-00

Reasonably exciting in big boots

Sleepwalk alt SF 31-Jul-00

Training session for our Matterhorn trip later this month

Nightmare sec FW PH 29-Jul-00

Our Cousin from Denmarks first climb. Good job!

Petros lead VM 19-Jun-00

Mike's Mistake lead VM 19-Jun-00

Banshee lead TW 18-Jun-00

I almost screamed at the final crux move but pulled it through.

Beginnings lead TW 18-Jun-00 🍒

Superb route! Really sustained and varied climbing.

Padansac lead MB 14-Jun-00

Fast Grip sec MB 14-Jun-00

Aftermath lead MB 12-May-00

Last Trump lead MB 12-May-00

Choker lead MB 11-May-00

Zombogies Direct sec MB 11-May-00

Ffoeg's Folly lead TW RS 9-May-00

Cave Left sec FW 7-May-00

M1 lead FW 7-May-00 🍒

Excellent route! Really sustained climbing on a brilliant line. Starts with technical bridging then exposed traversing and finishing up a steep pumpy overhanging wall.

Malbogies Direct lead MB 27-Apr-00 🍒🦎

Another excellent 'after work' tick. What a route! The direct start definitely places a stiff crux in the bottom which was negotiated with an amble amount of Yoor.

Piton Route lead MB 14-Apr-00

Bonbogies lead MB 14-Apr-00

Daydream sec MB 10-Apr-00

Petros lead MB 10-Apr-00

Reveille lead MB 10-Apr-00

Giant's Cave Butress lead SF 12-Mar-00

Jasper lead PS FW TR 9-Aug-99 ☔

A wet experience. It was raining quite a lot but Peter wanted to climb rock so we went for it. I led it but grabbed Fred's abseil rope in the desperate wet top.

Hell Gates alt SW 24-Jun-99

I did the direct variation a year ago and I reckon that to be a much better line than this Ed Drummond zig zag. The direct line is much better protected.

Howhard lead FW SW 8-Jun-99

Earl of Perth alt RS 19-May-99

The Lich lead FW 9-May-99

The Corpse sec FW 9-May-99

New Horizons II lead TW 1-May-99

Arms Race lead TW 1-May-99 🤸💪📚Report

My arms were like two wooden planks half way up. Loads of good pro which held several falls including a couple of pretty long whippers. Pulled it through in the end (with full use of the ringbolt). Will be going back again for a redpoint attempt.

Jasper lead TW 1-May-99

Suspension Bridge Arete sec FW 28-Mar-99

Limbo direct alt FW 28-Mar-99

Suspension Bridge Arete lead TW 6-Jun-98

Earl of Perth alt TW 6-Jun-98

Suspense sec TW 6-Jun-98

Hell Gates Direct alt WW 20-May-98 🍒

Floating Voter lead RS 19-May-98

Jasper lead RS 19-May-98

Piton Route alt SF 10-Aug-97

Daydream sec WW PD 08-Jun-97 ☔

It started pissing down while I was on the route which made the polished and slippery Avon Rock even more impossible to climb.

Giant's Cave Butress alt FW MF 1-Oct-95

Suspense lead FW 17-Sep-95

Limbo sec FW 17-Sep-95

The Arete alt FW 3-Sep-95 ☔

Pissing rain and big boots.

Oxford Canal EW AX 17-Jul-15 🏄 ⛵ 🍒🌤💯

Rjukan, Norway (RU)

Bakveien alt JC 05-Feb-23 ⛏

Excellent route to finish the weekend. The ice was plenty thick in the narrow gully. Done in 2 pitches.

Foererkomiteen alt JC 04-Feb-23 ⛏ 🍒💯🔥

Off the beaten track this monster route needs all the dedication you can muster. Approach was done in snow shoes and was tough going. The reward was a sustained climb from the base all the way to the top. I was at my absolute limit.

Sabotoerfossen alt JC 03-Feb-23 ⛏ 🍒

I did the middle pitch and belayed in an ice cave on the right. Pleased to be able to lead grade 5. Done in 3 pitches

Ozzimosis lead FZ SF 11-Mar-19 ⛏

Fabrikkfossen sec FZ SF 11-Mar-19 ⛏

Rjukanfossen lead FZ SF 10-Mar-19 ⛏ 🍒💯

Frits fell in the lake on the way in.

De kaller meg fjaard lead TW 09-Mar-19 ⛏ 📸

I had top-roped this earlier in the season and the lead went smooth. It is well protected by bolts on the rocky bits. Excellent route.

Bullen lead FZ SF 09-Mar-19 ⛏

Gaustaspoekelse lead FZ SF 09-Mar-19 ⛏

Birthmaker sec JC 13-Jan-19 ⛏ 🍒

John in his element. Linking two lines on Gausta making this one.

Unnamed lead JC 13-Jan-19 ⛏

Gaustatoppfossen alt JC 13-Jan-19 ⛏ 📸

Trappfoss alt JC 12-Jan-19 ⛏

I Just Love a Nice Stein Pull! sec JC 12-Jan-19 ⛏ 💪🍒

Tjonstadbergfossen alt SF 05-Mar-18 ⛏

Swiss Army lead SF 04-Mar-18 ⛏

Camillas Foss sec SF 04-Mar-18 ⛏

To menn og et foster alt SF 03-Mar-18 ⛏

Sean dropped 4 of my ice screws on the route! Even so, we had a great time.

Bullen sec SF 03-Mar-18 ⛏

Bullen lead KR 28-Jan-18 ⛏

De kaller meg fjaard top JC 28-Jan-18 ⛏ 🍒

Sabotoerfossen lead KR 27-Jan-18 ⛏ 🥀

Half of the climb.

Rjukanfossen lead KR JC 29-Jan-18 ⛏ 🍒💯

Brilliant route. Lovely walk in, route and walk out.

Unknown lead KR 27-Jan-18 ⛏

Swiss Army lead KR 27-Jan-18 ⛏

Blindtarmen lead FZ 05-Mar-17 ⛏

Good ice all the way. Highlight of the weekend. I found the second pitch pretty steep and sustained. Top belay was in-situ slings with maillon around a block (as opposed to the guidebook bolted belay) and the half-way belay and abseil point was to in-situ bala-threads without maillon. The guidebook description is odd: we walked up easy slope to the what we would describe as the first pitch. Did then a full rope length (50m) on quite steep ice and then a second 40m to the top with some bridging out of the left rock wall.

Fabrikkfossen lead FZ 04-Mar-17 ⛏

Nice long and easy for the grade I thought. Abseil on trees all the way down on the right facing the waterfall. Worked fine on a 50m rope.

Gaustaspoekelse lead FZ 04-Mar-17 ⛏

Ozzimosis lead FZ 03-Mar-17 ⛏

Anakje alt FZ 23-Mar-17 ⛏

Introduction climb for Frits. The ice was the best I have climbed so far. One blow and the pick was placed.

Ozzimosis lead 01-Jan-14 ⛏

Sabotoerfossen lead AK 01-Mar-13 ⛏

Verdens Ende alt AK 01-Mar-13 ⛏ 💯

Vermorkfossen lead AK 01-Mar-13 ⛏ 🍒

Vermork Bridge West lead AK 01-Mar-13 ⛏

Vermork East alt SF 4-Mar-12 ⛏ 🍒

Super hard finish to a great weekend.

Kaminfossen alt SF 4-Mar-12 ⛏ 🍒

Excellent lead from Sean. Proper outing.

Bullen lead SF 3-Mar-12 ⛏

Sean kicked off the weekend of ice with a steady good lead up the right hand gully. Ice wet but good ice

Broken Pillar lead SF 3-Mar-12 ⛏ 💪

Just brilliant. Precarious climbing up the free hangin pillar. A peak of my sport ice climbing career

Topp lead SF 3-Mar-12 ⛏ 🔥📸

Unknown lead SF 3-Mar-12 ⛏

Easy lead, steep but with steps all the way.

Julevask sec SF 3-Mar-12 ⛏ 📸

Good route with a steady flow for the grade

Ozzimosis lead SF 3-Mar-12 ⛏ 🍒📸

Ticked this awesome classic of the crag. Great climbing all the way

Fyrstikka lead SF 2-Mar-12 ⛏ 🍒📸

My first WI5! intimedating looking from below but the wall training had me totally fired up for this sort of job. Super route.

Jomfrua sec SF 2-Mar-12 ⛏ 🍒📸

First WI4 lead from Sean. Inspiring lead from the old hatter.

Gaustaspoekelse alt PW 28-Mar-10 ⛏

Jomfrua alt TW PW 28-Mar-10 ⛏

Unnamed alt TW PW 28-Mar-10 ⛏

Kjoekkentrappa alt TW PW 28-Mar-10 ⛏

Bullen lead PW TW 28-Mar-10 ⛏ 📸

Anakje alt TW PW 27-Mar-10 ⛏

Minidisken alt TW PW 27-Mar-10 ⛏

Klassisk 4 alt TW PW 27-Mar-10 ⛏

Skrueis alt TW PW 27-Mar-10 ⛏

Aarsdagen alt TW PW 27-Mar-10 ⛏

Peak District, UK (PD)

Easy Walling lead RS 07-Aug-21

The Real 20 foot Crack sec RS 07-Aug-21 📸

Alcove Crack lead RS MB 01-Oct-17

Led the one Royston did the day before. A perfect route for rainy conditions

Chequers Crack sec- RS MB 01-Oct-17

Excellent lead by Martin. I popped off just before the rest midway.

The Thin End of the Hedge lead MB 01-Oct-17

Last route of the weekend. Flood lit bridge climbing.

Viaduct Crack sec RS 01-Oct-17

Pocket Symphonie lead RS 29-Sep-17

The Thorn sec RS 29-Sep-17

Gargoyle Butress sec RS 29-Sep-17

Zagrete sec RS 29-Sep-17

Great Portland Street sec TW 31-Mar-17

Great North Road lead MB RS TW 31-Mar-17

Heather Wall sec MB RS TW 31-Mar-17

Eliminator lead TW RS MB 31-Mar-17 🍒💪

Agony Crack sec MB RS 31-Mar-17

Cave Arete lead MB RS 31-Mar-17

Saliva sec RS MB 31-Mar-17

Mississippi Variant lead MB RS 31-Mar-17

Hell Crack lead TW 31-Mar-17

Bond Street lead TW 31-Mar-17 🍒💯

Straight Ahead sec TW 31-Mar-17

Leaning Buttress Direct lead RS MB 1-Jan-07 🍒

Sunset Crack sec TW 26-Mar-00

Tody's Wall lead TW 26-Mar-00

Heartless Hair lead TW 26-Mar-00

Cave Crack sec TW 26-Mar-00 🤸

Chequers Crack sec TW 26-Mar-00

Broken Crack lead TW 26-Mar-00

Valkyrie lead TW 26-Mar-00

Aron's Wall lead TW 25-Mar-00

L'Horla sec TW 25-Mar-00

Bel Ami lead TW 25-Mar-00

Predetor sec TW 25-Mar-00

Owl's Arete lead TW 25-Mar-00

Avalanche Wall sec TW 25-Mar-00

Kelly's Overhang lead- SF 29-Aug-99 🤸

Attempted and failed. Festive route.

Inaccessible Crack lead SF 29-Aug-99

Twisting Crack sec SF 29-Aug-99

Gunter sec SF 29-Aug-99

High Neb Butress lead SF 29-Aug-99

Tango Butress sec SF 29-Aug-99

Hell Crack sec SF 28-Aug-99

Step Ladder Crack lead SF 28-Aug-99

The Styx lead SF 28-Aug-99

Amazon Crack sec SF 28-Aug-99

Agony Crack lead SF 28-Aug-99

The Scoop lead SF 28-Aug-99

The Nose lead SF 28-Aug-99

Left Unconquerable sec TW 12-Sep-98

Right Unconquerable lead TW 12-Sep-98

Congo Corner Direct lead TW 9-May-98

Dangler sec- TW RS 9-May-98

Royston and I had to rest on the rope - very strenious stuff.

Eliminator lead TW RS 9-May-98

Flying Butress Direct sec TW RS 9-May-98 🤸

Maskhill Mine TW RS MB 27-Mar-04 🪖 🍒💀

Brilliant rig. World class. The subsequent connection was an ultra burly bit of caving. I was particularly traumatised by the gravel-stream squeeze that nearly caught me on the return. Next time I will remember to turn my head the right way. Good effort from Martin leading this bit and not drowning while reversing in the sump. Double black helmet.

Wintours Leap, UK (WL)

Freedom lead RS MB 06-Mar-16

Swatter lead RS MB 06-Mar-16

Papillon lead PW 19-Jul-12

Off route. Pulled a loose block.

Zebra sec PW 19-Jul-12 🍒

Butterfly alt MB 1-Mar-08

Freedom lead MB 1-Mar-08

polished and therefore quite difficult

The Split alt MB 1-Mar-08

On permanent loan from Indian creek. I struggled.

African Killer Bee alt MB 1-Mar-08 🍒

Best route of the day. Friction was excellent

Big Fly Direct alt TW PW 17-May-04

Fine route. Fine evening. Made the pub.

Nibelheim alt SF 1-Nov-03

Joe's Route lead SF 1-Nov-03

Worthwhile VS just right of the main North Wall

Zelda alt PW 7-Jun-03 🍒

Finished up this with our rucksacks. Top route of its grade.

Never Say Die alt PW 7-Jun-03

Great second pitch.

Papillon sec TW 7-Jun-03

Didn't feel that easy on the blunt end. Great exposure.

Never Say Goodbye lead TW 7-Jun-03 🍒

Great start to the weekend. Top route. Good to be back.

Nibelheim alt MB 4-Nov-00

The Angel's Eye alt MB 4-Nov-00

Severely hungover I quickly sobered up leading the easy but exposed and sparsely protected second pitch. Classic route.

Central Rib Route 1 lead LH 15-Oct-00

Wet muddy but still a good route.

Broken Bottle lead VM 10-Sep-00

Cheetah lead VM 10-Sep-00

King Kong 20m alt TW 12-Aug-00 🍒

A very loose block now guards the start of this great route. More rock had fallen down since last year making the start much easier but more dangerous

Left Hand Route sec FW TR 12-Aug-00

Central Rib Route I lead 10-Aug-00 🍒

My honourable colleague from Amazon.com was over for a day. Weather was good so we went climbing. Her first. Good job!

Surrealist pitch 3 lead SL 1-Aug-00 🍒

Still very pumpy but much less scary the second time. Good effort from Steve.

Dragonfly lead SL 1-Aug-00

Bulging Flies lead RS 30-May-00

Royston pulled a block of in the start of the 2nd pitch.

Swatter lead MB 22-May-00

Mosquito Bite lead MB 22-May-00

Valley Forge lead MB 13-May-00

Superb Saturday out in Wintours. Excellent routes which for me climaxed in this 135 foot hidden gem. Shame about the bolts left of the route which obscures the face a lot. Great hidden line though.

Clucthing at Straws lead MB 13-May-00

Age of Enlightenment sec MB 13-May-00

Childhood's End lead MB 13-May-00

Broken Bottle lead MB 13-May-00

Surrealist lead FW 6-May-00 🍒

The Angel's Girdle lead FW 6-May-00

A Fly in the Eye? lead PW 5-May-00 🍒

Thought for a few feet I was doing an HVS but then I realised that it was harder. Turned out to be E3. Yoist.

Wurlitzer lead PW 5-May-00 🍒

Exit and Chameleon lead MB 29-Apr-00

Good top pitch but the middle part is seriously vegetaged - even comparing it to the other routes we did that day.

Flies Rise lead MB 29-Apr-00

Bzzz Splat lead MB 29-Apr-00 💀

Quite a little epical excursion - at least on the sharp end. It was f*cking loose in the start and I nearly came off which would have ment a certain splat. Thing did *not* get any easier in the top. It was good climbing but the top was desperate. Gear was good but the finishing ledge was full of munge and I eventually climbed off leftwards.

Flyte lead MB 29-Apr-00

Big Fly Direct lead MB 25-Apr-00

Excellent after work session. Although the last pitch was done in the dark we managed to get to the Rising Sun in time for a few beers. Met a few of the locals nice people.

Dragonfly lead MB 19-Mar-00 🍒📚Report

Zelda alt MB 27-Feb-00

Swallows Nest alt SF 30-Aug-99

Freedom variation alt SF 30-Aug-99

King Kong alt FW 20-Mar-99 📚Report

The route has fallen down and we did the new King Kong. Serious stuff. *Very* sustained. I reckon it's E2.

Notung lead MB 8-Nov-98 🍒

Pig Iron lead MB 8-Nov-98

Firefly alt TW 18-Aug-98

We climbed this Wintour's Leap classic in perfect conditions. Tim had a rare lack of confidence and I lowered him down from the midway stance. I was then left on my own on the ledge 25 meter above the ground waiting for Tim to throw down a rope from the top. This he did and I finished the route. Nice little Tuesday evening epic.

Butterfly alt TW 17-May-98

The Split lead TW 17-May-98

Swatter alt TW 17-May-98

Split Flies alt TW 17-May-98

Freedom alt TW 17-May-98

Grenoble, France (GR)

Bastille lead AX 10-Jul-15 🔗 🍒🌤💪📸

Axel on the Grenoble via ferata. 9 years old. At the limit. The yoor made it happen.

Plika Fibreuse lead FW 28-Jul-02 🔩

Mort Subite lead RI 24-Jul-02 🔩📸

I love this litttle route.

La Mule sec 24-Jul-02 🔩

Lovely little pump

Au dela de la Verticale sec 24-Jul-02 🔩

Went free this time but self toproped because of lack of commited partners. This is definitely the route of the crag.

Au dela de la Verticale sec AM 22-Jul-02 🤸🔩

Al took a nasty lob on the top crux. I topped out afterwards using Al's ropes from his attempt. That route will go free next time.

La Mule sec AM 22-Jul-02 🤸🔩

Good effort from visiting Ahut member Al I had to bail out on the crux pumped out.

Mort Subite lead AM 22-Jul-02 🔩

Great little pumpy number. Super pockets.

Belle de Jour sec AM 22-Jul-02 🔩

Celine lead CW 2-Jul-02 🔩

The neighbourgh route to Mathias - is called Celine. Nice and tricky little number.

Mathias lead CW 2-Jul-02 🔩

Great little route with the same name as me! Superb position overlooking GR Vercors and The Alps. Great evening crag.

Les Grandes Mulets lead CW 2-Jun-02 🔩

Tango pour un Viking lead 2-Jun-02 🔩

Vision dans les Spasmes lead CW 2-Jun-02 🔩🍒

Excellent route with an ultra long reach mid way

Tu Rame lead CW 21-May-02 🔩

Quick evening tick. Pleased I am getting used the sports medium at last.

Zim Dime lead CW 21-May-02 🔩

Ad Hoc lead CW 16-May-02 🔩

Stardust lead CW 16-May-02 🔩

I like this area - the rock somewhat resembles that of AV. Good evening venue.

Crysalide lead CW 16-May-02 🔩

N.R.J. lead CW 16-May-02 🔩

Abolition lead CW 21-Mar-02 🔩

Humanismous lead CW 21-Mar-02 🔩

Niou-Niou lead AW 9-Mar-02 🔩

Interlude sec AW 9-Mar-02 🔩

Scandal sec AW 9-Mar-02 🔩

Part of the attempt trying to get up to Annundo.

Power sec- AW 9-Mar-02 🤸🔩

The guidebook is wrong in this sector and I ended up fighting a hard battle against this 7a thing. Got to the top after two rests.

On or In sec AW 9-Mar-02 🔩🍒

Fantastic crack climbing. Good lead from Andrew.

Panama lead AW 9-Mar-02 🔩🍒

Tricky start. Good jamming and laybacking all the way.

Transit sec AW 9-Mar-02 🔩

Domi Creation lead DS 28-Oct-01 🔩📸

Not a stylish ascent.

N.R.J. lead RI 12-May-01 🔩🍒

Nose Dik lead 12-May-01 🔩

Crysalide lead 12-May-01 🔩

Micro-Fissures lead RI 12-May-01 🔩🍼

Quite a hard start for the grade. Unless you do as most French people - pull the quickdraw.

Noname3 lead DS 8-May-01 🔩🍒

A bit dangerous at the bottom because of loose rocks from parties on the area above.

Noname2 lead DS 8-May-01 🔩🍒

Excellent stufff. Brilliant crag very close to GR. A bit like GC in character.

Noname1 lead DS 8-May-01 🔩

Stardust sec MB 14-Apr-01 🔩

Shirpa sec MB 14-Apr-01 🔩

Nose Dik sec MB 14-Apr-01 🔩

Niou-Niou sec MB 14-Apr-01 🔩

Nestea sec MB 14-Apr-01 🔩

N.R.J. sec MB 14-Apr-01 🔩🍒

Superb climbing. Undercling 4 meters up provides an easy pass of the crux.

Lubna sec MB 14-Apr-01 🔩

Interlude lead MB 14-Apr-01 🔩

Hyades lead MB 14-Apr-01 🔩

This was to be my last lead this day. Tried a 6b/c but took a whipper before the last clip. I was pumped stupid and getting exhausted after an intense week of caving and snowboarding.

On n'est pad des Betes lead RI 29-Mar-01 🔩🍒

Superb route! Layback and exposed back and footing in the chimney in the top.

Mocamba lead RI 29-Mar-01 🔩

First climb of the year and first climb in my new local crag. Excellent sports climbing.

Bastille solo 27-Mar-01 🔗 📚Report

Lunch time climb. With skateboard.

Nuit de Cauchemar alt DS 12-Oct-96 🔩

Sept Laux PD 27-Jan-01 🏂 👟

It had snowed in the morning, and the bastards closed the top bit (avalance danger) so I was confined to the piste. :-(

Sept Laux solo 26-Jan-01 🏂 👟

First time in the local ski resort. Good potential

Col de Palet solo 01-Jan-97 🏂 👟 💀

Did the Col de Palet to Champagny run (alone!). A bit irresponsible in retrospect. Desperate on a snowboard

Shorn Cliff, UK (SC)

No Musketeers sec MB 20-Mar-05 🍒

All For One... sec MB 20-Mar-05 🍒

After the cave spankotronic on Saturday I was struggling on everything. The drive to Gatwick afterwards was desperate.

Bitter Battle Tears lead MB 21-May-04 🍒

Treason lead MB 21-May-04

Not much gear

The Spanish Inquisition lead MB 21-May-04

Intravenous Feeding sec FW 2-May-00

Social Criticism lead FW 2-May-00

Hydraulic Jump sec FW 2-May-00

Rebellion sec MB 30-Apr-00

Fallacy lead MB 30-Apr-00

Cool Heat lead MB 30-Apr-00

Excellent route. Quite a powerful start and the rest is reasonably bold with very spacious gear and almost complete dependency on the concretions (which Martin had just shown are not necessarily in-situ).

Complex Variable sec MB 30-Apr-00

Martin knocked of a concreted foothold which nearly hit me. Luckily he stayed on.

Ironside's Men lead MB 30-Apr-00

Treason sec MB 30-Apr-00

The Spanish Inquisition lead MB 30-Apr-00

Bursting the Renaissance Bubble sec MB 30-Apr-00

Bubble Memory lead MB 30-Apr-00

Stand and Deliver sec MB 6-Sep-99

Ironside's Men lead MB 6-Sep-99

The New Replublic sec MB 6-Aug-98

War is Declared sec MB 6-Aug-98

One for All sec MB 6-Aug-98

Laughing Cavaliers sec MB 6-Aug-98

No Musketeers Direct sec MB 5-Aug-98 🌘

We camped at the bottom of Shorn Cliff and ticked four more routes the next morning before going to work at 9am. (Started climbing at 5:30am).

Bitter Battle Tears sec MB 5-Aug-98 🌘

All for One sec MB 5-Aug-98 🌘

War of the Worlds sec MB 27-Jul-98

One For All sec MB 27-Jul-98

Loss of Innocence lead RS 30-Jun-98

Easy Rider sec RS 30-Jun-98

Treason lead RS DP 16-Jun-98

Laughing Cavaliers sec RS DP 16-Jun-98

Side Effects lead PW 12-May-98 🍒

Tigers don't Cry lead PW 12-May-98 🍒

Organ Grinder lead MB 30-Apr-98

Disturbed an Owl with - owlings?

Night Rider sec MB 30-Apr-98

One Less White Nigger lead MB 30-Apr-98

Emotional Dyslexia lead MB 28-Apr-98

Bursting the Renaissance Bubble sec MB 28-Apr-98

Renaissance lead MB 28-Apr-98

All For One... sec MB 7-Apr-98

After work climbing session. Pub afterwards.

Bitter Battle Tears lead MB 7-Apr-98

Motion Pictures sec TW MB 19-Aug-97

State of Independence lead SW 19-Aug-97

Beeline lead TW 12-Aug-97

Pooh Stick sec TW 12-Aug-97

All For One... sec FW 3-Sep-95

Bitter Battle Tears lead FW 3-Sep-95

Laughing Cavaliers sec FW 3-Sep-95

Emotional Dyslexia lead FW 3-Sep-95

Organ Grinder sec FW 3-Sep-95

Tigers Don't Cry lead FW 3-Sep-95 🔥

Mendips caves, UK (MD)

Hunters Hole TW AX PW 03-Apr-22 🪖 🍒📚Report

Excellent 3 in one trip. Read Axel's trip report.

Rhino Rift TW AX 02-Apr-22 🪖

Hunters Hole TW AX 02-Aug-21 🪖

Axels first SRT trip

Swildons Hole FW AX EW 01-Aug-21 🪖

We got to the down climbs.

Goatchurh Cavern FW AX EW 01-Aug-21 🪖 🍒

Axel and Elias did the drainpipe.

Goatchurh Cavern PW AX EW 29-Dec-14 🪖 🍒

Bixhead Mine DG 18-Jul-12 🪖

Manor Farm Swallet DG MB 05-Dec-00 🪖

I decided to postpone the UK underground retirement for one more trip - I couldn't say no to a trip down Manor Farm with DG and MB. I wasn't disappointed. Dave now goes under the nickname 'Mr. President' (president for the HPCC) and I had the great pleasure of pushing through some really dodgy loose bouldery bits in the far end which was rewarded with a huge chamber which almost certainly had some further continuation. Dave and Martin unfortunately didn't reach this glorious chamber as they reckoned the boulder bits were too unstable.

Thrupe Lane Swallet FW DG TW 16-Nov-00 🪖

Did the full through trip. A great evening out with TW and DG - possible the last for a long time now that Fred is going back to Denmark and Mathias is going bigger voids in Grenoble.

Goatchurch Cavern RR LH 14-Oct-00 🪖 💀

Brilliant trip. Laerke's first ever caving trip and she was so on for it that we decided to do the full Goaty - into the letterbox and back. It's f*cking scary in there - sort of smells of evil and it was a stupendious effort from the girls.

Fairy/Hillier's Cave FW TR RR 12-Oct-00 🪖

The Rhoades sisters had an unsettled bill in the sump of this fine system. We went all the way through Cambridge Grotto to the Red Room. Good to be back. A photo from this trip was subsequently used in a caving instruction book.

GB Cavern FW RR DG TR 25-Sep-00 🪖

Fine trip. Dave pointed out a number of challenges which we should attempt soon.

Sidcot's Swallet FW RR 24-Sep-00 🪖

We got as far as the 'very narrow tube' and despite Mathias' attempt of squeezing through in underpants only there was no way it would go. Good trip.

Goatchurch Cavern FW HW 26-May-00 🪖

Our sister Henriette went to Bristol to figure out why her brothers like caving. She didn't find the answer but found out she is definitely not desperate to get underground again. Instead we went on an epic trip on the narrowboat

Eastwater Cavern FW 15-Apr-00 🪖

Great little Saturday afternoon adventure. It was/had been raining a reasonable amount and there was a sizable stream entering the cave. We managed to do a nice round trip

Thrupe Lane Swallet FW TW 15-Mar-00 🪖

Excellent trip. Did a 'double' abseil simultaneously next to each other and swapped over in the bottom

Shatter Cave FW TW DG 07-Mar-00 🪖

Very pretty cave in the Fairy Quarry. It's normally locked so you need an official guide for this stuff. Impressive formations

Thrupe Lane Swallet TW 25-Feb-00 🪖

We did the Latheral Aven pitch. But we missed our honoured caving mentor DG Grosvenor who unfortunately had other obligations this Friday evening

Thrupe Lane Swallet TW DG 07-Dec-99 🪖

The second big SRT trip after Rhino Rift to do in the MD. We did it in three pitches - excellent stuff. We will be back soon to do the big 200ft single pitch

Fairy/Hillier's Cave TW 28-Nov-99 🪖

A job needed to be done and TW and I went in to finish the Fairy Cave business. We reached the 'Red Room' which is in the connected Hilliers Cave and is the furtherst reach of the system. Quite an amazing system and very well worth it. Recommendable

Fairy Quarry Cave MI 21-Nov-99 🪖

Not an ideal trip. I forgot to stock up on carbide and didn't have a lot of juice in the batteries. So we went in as far as the duck and probably partly because I was nervous about the lights Mikkel didn't fancy the duck and we blew retreat and went out. Shame because I would have liked to show Mikkel the Red Room.

Lionels Hole FW 20-Nov-99 🪖 🍒💯

Awesome trip. We did the round trip which has some extremely challenging routefinding speically on the return. We were very pleased to get out

GB Cavern DG TW 09-Nov-99 🪖

Great evening out in the MD. GB has some really awesome formations and some quite entertaining squeezes

Swildons Hole FW 17-Oct-99 🪖

We were back to complete the round trip that we had attempted with Peter three entries down. This time the mud sump that we had rushed through was filled to the roof with water and after an hour or more of pumping water with no noticeable effect we went to explore the Black Hole Series instead. This ended when we arrived at a 40 foot pitch. Good day out. We were both exhausted

Rhino Rift TW 19-Sep-99 🪖

We got a hold of the key yet again. Tim rigged and I de-rigged

Fairy Quarry Cave FW DG 14-Sep-99 🪖 📸

We went in with Dave Grosvenor on a good trip in to the wonders of Fairy Cave. A surprisingly muddy experience. Some good technical obstacles to keep the wriggling techniques uptodate. A Grosvenor Special.

Swildons Hole FW PS 08-Aug-99 🪖 🍒

An excellent trip! We went into the St. Poul Grotto Series which included some very low crawls and passing a mud sump. Peter did well in this -not- a beginners section of the cave. We didn't manage the through trip though since Peter started having more than enough. We didn't realize that this actually was our probably one and only chance of ticking this sought after Swildons collectors piece. Bummer!

Swildons Hole FW TW RR 31-May-99 🪖

Good Trip. Theresa and Rene both did Sump 1 in freezing cold water and in a very uninviting condition. Rene even managed to become a 'Son of The Mendips' as she fell into one of the pools twice.

Swildons Hole LK HL 09-Apr-99 🪖

I took Lars and Helene down Swildons Hole for a grand caving trip. Unfortunately the mission was aborted shortly after entering the cave due to too much 'noia'

Goatchurch Cavern LK HL 09-Apr-99 🪖

After the failed attempt in Swildons we went for the Goatchurch instead - objective: to go through the drainpipe. We got to it after some persuasion but that was as far as the party wanted to go. Drainpipe 2 - Lars Klammer 0

St. Cuthberts Swallet FW DG TW 25-Mar-99 🪖

The yearly 'Insult DG' trip was as festive as ever. Sparrow treated us with several muddy squeezes and a good selection of pretty formations

Manor Farm Swallet DG 07-Mar-99 🪖

A bit of a project. Check out the Trip Note with a little drawing

Goatchurch Cavern FW 07-Mar-99 🪖

We finally managed to get all the way in to the 'letterbox' - the furthest end of the classic cave. The letterbox is an extremely tight squeeze section very awkward specially on the return

Goatchurch Cavern KM PD 19-Sep-98 🪖

Katerina did the Drain pipe. Well done. Photo

Hunter's Hole TW 13-Sep-98 🪖

Practicing SRT for our Gaping Ghyll project

Swildons Hole DG TW 05-Mar-98 🪖 ☔

Very wet conditions

Goatchurch Cavern LK 23-Feb-98 🪖 📚Report

The guys had visited me all the way from Denmark to see Bristol Rovers play against Oldham Saturday the 21th of February. Having arrived already Thursday night we were looking for something to do Friday. With Keld and Frede Firsttimer

St. Cuthberts Swallet DG 28-Jan-98 🪖

An extremely beautiful cave. With Andy Sparrow

Swildons Hole JL 08-Mar-97 🪖

Jakob did the sump 1 of Swildons. On sight. Photos

Goatchurch Cavern MI 01-Oct-96 🪖

Started caving at 11pm!

Sidcots Swallet FW 01-Jul-94 🪖

Goatchurch Cavern FW 01-Jul-94 🪖 🍒🔥

Our first cave ever. Excellent trip. Photo

Goatchurch Cavern FW MF 01-Jul-96 🪖

Entertaining trip. Went all the way past the Drainpipe and up in the letterbox.

Swildons Hole FW 01-Jul-94 🪖

Bath Narrowboat FW TR HW 26-May-00 🏄 ⛵ 🍒☔💀🎖📚Report

Possibly the maddest trip ever. In a sport that if not often associated with adrenalinus maximus

La Grave, France (LG)

Pisse Froide lead TW PW 01-Feb-06 ⛏ 🍒📸

Great route climbed with my best friends

Aiguille Dibona alt RS AW 23-Jul-03 🔩💯🍒📸

Excellent little expedition efficiently executed by our three-person's team.

Pylone Right lead PW TW 22-Feb-03 ⛏

Managed to squeeze an ice climb out of a visiting German friend. We didn't do much but it was worth it.

La Colere du Ciel alt TW PW 10-Feb-03 ⛏ 🍒

Excellent route. Super festive glissade down to the valley afterwards.

Symphonie d'automne alt TW PW 9-Feb-03 ⛏ 💯📸

The classic of the crag. Excellent snowblade descent afterwards.

Stalactus alt TW PW 8-Feb-03 ⛏

Caturgeas sec SF 17-Jan-03 ⛏ 🔥💯🍒💪

600 meters of pure ice! We ticked all of it although it took us 15 hours! (and then 3 hours to get down). Quite a day out.

Chizarton lead JA 12-Jan-03 ⛏

Initiation ice climb for James. He did very well. The finishing top is quite unpleasant.

Chizarton lead CW 26-Jan-02 ⛏

Lots of fresh snow made the ice climbing less pure. Still a good initiation climb for Celine who did very well.

Version Originale sec PE 21-Jan-02 ⛏

Climbed with Pete from the internet. Meeting him was a fun story. Hooked up prior to Facebook and all that - internet was more a forum for nerds (like me). We met at a bar in BourgdOissan and Pete was a travelling ice climber just like I was at my trips to Chamonix before I moved to Grenoble. So he was carrying _all_ his gear and was fairly random in general. After we had climbed he kept sticking to me and came to my flat at Valentines day walking up the stairs in ski boots. As I was courtisating Celine at the time (we had just met) I was a bit in a dilemma inviting him in. The dilemma was a lot of fun.

Sans Issue lead PE 20-Jan-02 ⛏ 🍒

Excellent route visible from the valley below. I found this dude who was keen to climb and it worked out nicely.

Le Voile du Chizarton top 19-Jan-02 ⛏ 🍒

Self toproped because I'm such a sad lonely git down here in France. Excellent stuff though - did it four times for some proper forearm training. Selftoproping worked really well with the Petzl Traction. Ice conditions are *superb* this year.

Les Larmes du Chaos PW TW alt 19-Feb-01 ⛏ 🍒

Very atmospheric climb. Good bit of spin drift on the second pitch steep (85 degress) and quite remote.

La Grotte sec TW PW 18-Feb-01 ⛏ 🌤🍒

Superb settings. Full sunshine perfect ice.

Pylone Left alt TW PW 17-Feb-01 ⛏ 🍒

Less ice than two weeks ago (more delicate) but colder (better ice).

Pylone Right sec 3-Feb-01 ⛏

First ice climb in LG. Excellent stuff.

La Grave solo 29-Apr-01 🏂 👟 🌤

Definitely the last run of the season. Lovely day, lots of sunshine but quite desperate snow conditions. I was almost caught in the biggest avalanche I have ever seen - I was completely alone on the whole Vallon side just catching my breath right under La Meije. I hear a crraaaackk, look up and boy oh boy oh boy, the whole serac fall is coming down. Absolutely mind-blowing to watch. It was just getting bigger and bigger in classic avalanche style - you know, developing this huge cloud of snow thundering down toward the valley floor right where I was standing. I waited a few second admiring the spectacle and then I was okay, that actually looks like a bad job and I started the engines and got further away while I could. I stopped some 500 meters further down and looked up again. Like some big disgusting animal the avalanche ate its way down the face and 30 seconds or so later engulfed the place where I had been in cloud and debris. Eventually it reached where I now was but was now a mere wind of snow. Absolutely fantastic to see. All other stuff was very avalanchy as well, but nothing as major as that baby. If only I'd brought my camera. I switched to my skiis midday but changed back to the gun after one desperate run.

La Grave solo 22-Apr-01 🏂 👟

Brilliant day. Worked on trying to jump the big serac thing on the left of the drag lift in the top. It's a massive drop and the landing is not very steep so you really gotta go for it all the way. I was there a couple of times but didn't do it. Even Tigers has limits. :-) - I successfully did my usual cliff jump on the left of the telepherique which is always amazingly adreanline pumpy.

La Grave solo 21-Apr-01 🏂 👟

Woke up. Looked at the webcam. Looked good. Headed off. Scrounged my way to a free lift ride. Conditions was pretty desperate actually. Fresh snow but very cold and the base was rock solid (not good for the big air landings). Also the avalance risk was quite obvious very high and I was glad to reach the bottom in one piece

La Grave MB 13-Apr-01 🏂 👟 🍒

Superb day. Excellent big air jumps and some really pumping carving. Absolutely shagged afterwards also partly because of heavy drinking at the previous night with Martin, Christian Holst and forty bottles of bottles of Christians vodka

La Grave MB 12-Apr-01 🏂 👟

Gnarled around a bit to figure out what the best descend would be with the access to P2 being unskiable. Perfect weather and only few people

Sherre Chevalier SN 08-Apr-01 🏂 👟

Plenty of untouched snow, but weather a bit unstable. Good fun

Derby de La Meije solo 06-Apr-01 🏂 👟 💪💯🍒

Yearly off piste race of festive proportions. Came in 84th in the my category - time 12m33s

La Grave DS 18-Mar-01 🏂 👟

Steep aaaaand deep. Did my favourite left side (facing the mountain) exclusively. Lot of queing in the lift unfortunately

Alpe Duez DS 17-Mar-01 🏂 👟

Did some excellent cliff jumps. Visibility was poor but due to heavy snowfall

Courchevel DS 10-Mar-01 🏂 👟

Despite quite crazy conditions (fluffy snow, sun, fog, snowstorm, rain, slush - all in a day) we managed to get some good stuff done. Good jumps.

La Grave DS 11-Feb-01 🏂 👟

David and Annabel joined me for the evening and we had a good day skiing/boarding. Still plenty of deep snow

La Grave RG 10-Feb-01 🏂 👟

It had snowed a lot the previous day and we arrived to a perfect morning. Perfect snow, lots of it, no people

La Grave solo 04-Feb-01 🏂 👟

Ice climbed Saturday and it then snowed 30cm during the night and Sunday was a real treat on the gun. Excellent cornice surfing on the Vallons side. I think I've found my favourite line in La Grave. If only the lift didn't close so early (4pm). I was the third one down the slope in the morning though!

La Grave 21-Jan-01 🏂 👟

Only fresh powder on the very top section - really good stuff. The lower parts was icy and tricky on the Powder Gun

La Grave solo 14-Jan-01 🏂 👟

Bought a Swell Panik Magistral board and had the most amazing day in La Grave. 10-20cm of fresh powder under clear blue sky.

Alpe Duez RG 02-Jan-01 🏂 👟 ☔

It changed from rain to snow mid day. We should have stayed one more day

Alpe Duez PD RI RG 01-Jan-01 🏂 👟

Highlight of the day was the lunch in the Marmotte Restaurant

Alpe Duez PD RI RG 30-Dec-00 🏂 👟

Spend the New Year break in Alpe D'huez the closest big resort to my new home in Grenoble

La Grave JR LK 01-Jan-00 🏂 👟 🍒

A week to check out the powder in Chamonix and La Grave. Great trip together with the skiers Jesper Ritzau and Lars Klammer. No trip report. No photos. But we have a fully edited movie (9 MB!)

La Grave LK 01-Mar-96 🏂 👟

First time in La Grave with Lars. What a place.

Jylland, Denmark (JL)

11. Bovbjerg Fyr PP 01-Jul-12 🪂 🍒

Joined the yearly parafun meet. Awesome to be back in the air. Happy I hadn't forgotten. Brilliant to be back with the club.

10. Lindtorp PP 01-Jul-10 🪂 🍒

Just as I thought I was getting comfortable with it all Allan phone me up with a last chance before going back to Copenhagen to try towing. I said yes and got towed up to 300 meters height and then released my thingy and had a mad mad flight down to earth. It was absolutely mental and I was just screaming and giggling the whole way down. Awesome kick!

9. Toftum PP 29-Jun-10 🪂 🍒

Brilliant session with lots of top landing and take offs. Managed to stay from the beach the whole time and was generally pretty much comfortable with everything. Great fun.

8. Bovbjerg Fyr PP 23-Jun-10 🪂

Another great session at Bovbjerg. This time top starting and just enough wind to keep on hanging. It required care with the flying and I ended up on the beach a few times. Biggest tick was a couple of 100% self supported take-offs from a remoter spot and flying back to the others gaining height. Super satisfying.

7. Bovbjerg PP 17-Jun-10 🪂 🍒

Awesome session learning to beach start. Quite tricky and also a notch up on the danger scale. Really good fun though flying low over the sand dunes and taking off and landing constantly. Also went with Poul flying all over to the lighthouse which was a great trip.

6. Toftum PP 21-May-10 🪂 🍒💯

The tick is in the bag! Ever since the first session in Toftum this place remained number one on the ticklist. Great session feeling really in control all the time. The new school wing is really comfortable and launches and handles really smooth. Did 3 succesfull top landings and 2 beach landings. The wind picked up in the end making the last run a bit epic.

5. Hamborg PP 05-May-10 🪂 🍒

Fully self supported with Poul on the ground obviously. Had some crash landings which I learned a lot from. Landed with my bum on the top on the slope (controlled) and in a fence (not controled).

4. Venoe PP 02-May-10 🪂

4 runs at Venoe with last run unsupported. Sideways winds. Crossed brake launch.

3. Toftum PP 02-May-10 🪂

Ground control. Crossed brake launch in stronger wind. Hard work.

2. Bovbjerg PP 24-Apr-10 🪂 🍒

3 runs at Bovbjerg. Forward launch.

1. Toftum PP 24-Apr-10 🪂

Ground control. Crossed brake launch technique.

Soenderborg-Aabenraa EW CW FW TR HW AX UH 27-Jul-21 🏄 ⛵

3rd leg.

Denmark-Soenderborg EW CW FW TR HW AX UH 26-Jul-21 🏄 ⛵

2nd leg.

Kiel-Denmark EW CW FW TR HW AX UH 25-Jul-21 🏄 ⛵ 🍒

Start of weeks sailing with 3 rental boats.

Bovbjerg PP 21-Jun-10 🏄 ⛵

Kitesnow Excercise solo 17-Feb-10 🏄 ⛵

Ice kite solo 13-Feb-10 🏄 ⛵ 📸

Mental. On skiis. Max speed 61km/h.

Struer solo 28-Jan-10 🏄 ⛵ 🍒💯

Snow kite - awesome

Cold Hawaii solo 07-Nov-09 🏄 ⛵ 💪💯🍒

At last I felt ready to go to the north sea. Amazing ride.

Klovvig solo 07-Nov-09 🏄 ⛵ 🍒

Superb and brilliant flat water spot discovered

Ejsing solo 01-Nov-09 🏄 ⛵ 🍒

Excellent afternoon session. Super cold and powerfull wind. Need warmer gloves.

Wave session solo 07-Oct-09 🏄 ⛵ 🍒

Ejsing solo 11-Aug-09 🏄 ⛵ 🍒

Excellent kitesurfing session

Ejsing solo 21-May-09 🏄 ⛵

Quikcy solo 14-May-09 🏄 ⛵

Off shore solo 05-May-09 🏄 ⛵ 💀

In the search for pancake flat water I went out in pure off shore wind at a place where the water gets deep quickly and in really cold water (only just finished April). Eventually I fell over and could get the kite back up in time before the water was getting me really cold. I decided to quickly emergency release the kite (which wasn't trivial) and swim to shore. The kite took off on its own on the water. I drove to the nearest harbour and chartered a boat to go out and rescue the kite. Quite an epic afternoon.

Lundoe solo 17-Apr-09 🏄 ⛵

Ejsing solo 23-Sep-08 🏄 ⛵ 🍒

16m2 kite. Old school

Ejsing 14-Aug-07 🏄 ⛵

Teaching Brice how to kitesurf

Ejsing solo 05-Sep-07 🏄 ⛵

Although the wind was fading, we had some good practice with the 12 and 16m2

Ejsing solo 11-Aug-07 🏄 ⛵

Kitesurfing course. Essential.

Goblin Combe, UK (GC)

Disaster Area sec RS PW 17-Jul-12

Gundabad lead MB 15-May-04

Lovely route. Climbed 30 mins after arrival at Bristol Airport. Every airport should have a crag.

Bilbos Revenge lead TW 7-Aug-00

The Israel Blues sec TW 7-Aug-00 🤸

Tim lobbed of the crux.

Glamdring lead TW 7-Jun-00

Tried Killer Ant (E26a) but this time the yoor seemed to be missing so we did this nice VS instead.

Girion Direct sec TW 7-Jun-00

The Magpie sec TW 5-Jun-00

The White Tower lead TW 5-Jun-00 💪

My first E4. I attemtped the route a week previously and fell off. Then I soloed it (self protected) the day before this attempt. Regardless of the climbing ethics it still (2010) is one of my most memorable routes perhaps because I had to wire it so clearly in my mind to get up it. Well proud to have reached this level through consistent climbing through the years.

Bifur sec TW 5-Jun-00

The Gnome King sec 4-Jun-00

Disaster Area lead TW 21-May-00

The Clockwork Fingercrack sec TW 21-May-00

Bard The Bowman sec TW 21-May-00

I seconded a slightly different line - the E2 to the left.

Shagrat lead TW 21-May-00

The Black Riders sec TW 19-Aug-99

Mithril sec- JT TW 10-Aug-99 🤸

Joint led up in style. I popped off at the crux. Tim thirded it clean. Good route.

Goblin King sec JT TW 10-Aug-99

Bullroar sec RS TW 6-Jul-99

Royston rested on the rope twice. Quite a strenous little number.

Goblin King sec TW RS 22-Jun-99

Smaug the Dragon lead RS TW 22-Jun-99

Elrond sec TW 17-Jun-99

Gundabad sec TW 17-Jun-99

Gondolin sec TW 17-Jun-99

Treebeard lead SW 26-May-99

Elrond sec SW 26-May-99

Gondolin lead FW 4-Apr-99

Necromancer sec FW TR 4-Apr-99

Vercors caves, France (VC)

Scialet de la Chique FW 27-Jul-02 🪖

Fred's first rig in the Vercors unmedium. The pendulum was as festive as ever and worth noting is that we managed to get up that climb in the end (fairly committing) taking us all the way to the bottom.

Scialet de la Chique MB 07-Jun-02 🪖

Excellent cave - easy in all respects (rig and walkin). Martin regained his unfire with a steady lead to the bottom. All bolts overtightened subtracts a star good photoshooting and muddy fun adds it back.

Scialet du Pot de Loup PW 06-Jun-02 🪖 🧭Topo

Nice trip with Paul which regained his interest in caving. A great easy cave.

Scialet du Pot 2 MB TW 05-Jun-02 🪖 🍒🥀

The Pot 2 attempt - Grosvenor style. Martin lead down to -80 meters. To be continued.

Scialet de Malaterre MB PW TW 04-Jun-02 🪖 🧭Topo

Tried out my new caving radios which works extremely well on these long vertical pitches.

Scialet A2 MB 03-Jun-02 🪖 🍒📸🧭Topo

Full on caving. Included a dangerous 25 meter pitch lead in Wellingtons with only a sling and my bolt kit (thank god for that) as protection. Fantastic cave - highly recommendable.

Scialet de Malaterre JA 18-May-02 🪖 🧭Topo

Great initiation trip for the new speleo recruit. Messed up the logistics by forgetting one descender at the training wall back in the hut. We managed nevertheless and bottomed out the main shaft in style. Good effort from James it being his first real vertical cave.

Glaciere d'Autrans MB 16-Mar-02 🪖 🍒🧭Topo

Desperate. Approach was as hard as ever and the amount of ice in the cave was worrying, although on the same time ultra festive. Martin fired up an inspirational ice-stal-chopping session as we were stopped but an almost complete blockage of ice in the entrace tunnel. Reaching a depth of approximately 100 meters we eventually decided that this was a black helmet danger zone. Huge television sized blocks of broken off ice was scattered around the shaft, and after a quick statistic calculation on when the next bit of ice could be coming down, we decided to blow retreat horn and hurried out after exhaustive cold caving session.

Scialet des Joufflus MB 15-Mar-02 🪖 🧭Topo

Excellent job to the bottom. The route finding to the last pitch is a bit tricky until you realize you have to gnarl your way through a hole in the roof (upwards) with the festive aid of a spit/stal sling. The squeeze to the beginning of the last pitch is not as bad as it looks - go in feet first and you can stand up half way (not imidiately obvious). Yoor!

Scialet des Joufflus AW 02-Mar-02 🪖 🧭Topo

Really easy when you've already done it once (but not all the way to the deck). The approach was definitely the crux walking in thigh/waist deep snow to the cave. A festive day. Good effort from Andrew who hadn't caved for 10 years and was srt'ing on a rather made up and minimal rack.

Grotte de Bournilllon 03-Feb-02 🪖

Went up to have a look. Couldn't resist. Went in. Normal way too wet so I opted for the highlevel dry fossil way which was much longer than I expected and with some pretty nasty (but polished and obvious) squezes. Good training but cave soloing doesn't feel very clever.

Trou du Diable CW 09-Dec-01 🪖 🧭Topo

Solo with Celine at ground support (making tea).

Grotte Gournier JR 14-Oct-01 🪖

Jesper's first caving experience. Another team was already in there which unfortunately took the edge of the scaryness factor and it was really plain sailing. Still enjoyable.

Grotte Gournier WW 30-Sep-01 🪖

As festive as caving gets. This huge and relatively easy cave is guarded by a big lake which we crossed in my new rubber dinghy. Seriously festive approach. Followed by a 6 meter steep climb directly from the mooring spot and then a 30 meter high leve traverse with some fairly serious exposure. Great cave.

Scialet de Pot de Loup DS 23-Sep-01 🪖

Good SRT initiation trip for David. We went down the 40 meter pitch and then up again. Got through most of the SRT curriculum including a helping hand from above once or twice. It was raining heavily the whole day but the cave stayed dry.

Scialet de Pot de Loup MB 23-May-01 🪖 🧭Topo

Absolutely superb SRT trip. Beautiful lines and an amazing 40m drop from an overhanging speleothem. Easy and highly recommendable. Approach - 8 seconds from the car.

Glaciere d'Autrans MB 20-May-01 🪖 🍒🎬Video

Long day out. 13 hours including the walk. We got back to Grenoble at 4am in the morning.

Trou de Diable MB 19-May-01 🪖 🧭Topo

Beautiful walk-in - quite long. Descended amazing looking shaft (140 meters straight!). 10 meter down bolt ripped. Mission aborted. Glad to be alive.

Scialet des Joufflus MB 15-Apr-01 🪖 🧭Topo

Beautiful cave - lots of little lakes and excellent formations. Perfect rig as well.

Glaciere de Carri MB 11-Apr-01 🪖 🍒💀

Desperate trip. Got back up to the surface at 12'o'clock at night after a long day in the darkness. Our friends in Grenoble was getting well worried and had started phoning the local police etc. Luckily they sensibly held back any rescue attempts as we were perfectly fine. Glaciere de Scary!

Scialet de Fee Anglaise MB 10-Apr-01 🪖 🧭Topo

Excellent cave ends in a big lake which goes of in the distance. Next time we'll bring a boat and explore further. This time we both put the double amount of clothes on and was relatively warm.

Scialet de Malaterre MB 09-Apr-01 🪖 🍒🧭Topo

Massive cave shaft - starts with a 120 meter (360ft) drop of a bridge - straight down in to the void. Desperate trip - quite wet and extremely cold.

Yorkshire, UK (YS)

Pothole Direct sec TW 10-May-98

The Traditional Climb lead TW 10-May-98

Great Western lead TW 10-May-98 🍒

Frankland's Green Crack sec TW 10-May-98

Jingling Pot TW AX 25-Nov-21 🪖 🎬Video

Sell Gill Hole TW AX 24-Nov-21 🪖 ☔

Axels first visit to the Yorkshire caves

Gaping Gill TW MB RS 02-Dec-01 🪖 🍒🔥💯📚Report

Lateral Shaft. Superb rig avoiding most of the water of the main shaft. Mindblowing

Gaping Gill TW MB RS JT 02-Dec-01 🪖 🍒💀🧭Topo

Main Shaft. Wild decent. Although the water level was low we ended up right in the end waterfall which is serious stuff and very scary but excellent adrenalin fun at the same time. The tick is home!

Rowten Pot TW RS MB 01-Dec-01 🪖

Excellent sporty rig.

Bull Pot FW 23-Apr-00 🪖 🍒

A hidden gem. Excellent rig. The line is just pure beauty.

Hurnel Moss Pot FW 22-Apr-00 🪖 🍒

Long walk. Long rig. Well worth it. FW rigged the hole thing.

Alum Pot FW 21-Apr-00 🪖

Such an amazing hole in the ground. It was raining and there was quite a bit of water.

Simpson's Pot FW TW RS 14-Mar-99 🪖

Tried a 'canyoning rappel' technique for the abseils. Worked okay but figures of eights and doubling the rope is preferable

Gaping Ghyll TW 15-Nov-98 🪖 🍒

Bar Pot. Possible my best caving trip so far. Interesting SRT'ing good deal of route finding and a long section of tunnels. All rewarded with the inconceivable main chamber of Gaping Ghyll. Photos

Alum Pot TW 14-Nov-98 🪖 🍒

What a cave! Massive 60 meter free abseil down the amazing shaft

Gaping Ghyll TW 13-Sep-98 🪖 🍒☔

Dihetheral Way. Too wet too scary. We will be back. Photo

Sell Gill holes TW 13-Sep-98 🪖

Wet Entrance. My first rig - brilliant stuff. See map . And here are a few good photos

Sell Gill holes TW 14-Jun-98 🪖

Dry Entrance. Good SRT practice. See map

Jingling Pot TW 14-Jun-98 🪖

Main Shaft. 50m down. 50m up. 6 dead rabbits in the bottom. See map

Simpson's Pot TW 13-Jun-98 🪖

Simpsons Pot to Kingsdale valley entrance. Excellent through trip featuring a spectacular 25m abseil. Photo

Llangattock, UK (LL)

White Wall Direct sec MB 1-May-00

We were still alive after five routes in this Llangattock place - it *had* to be celebrated on the Hope and Anchor back in Bristol which it did.

Edge of Time lead MB 1-May-00

Had the block I belayed from decided to let go while we were at it it would have been the end of it all. Great route.

Passage of Time sec MB 1-May-00

Amazing fingercrack from bottom to top almost. I was getting cold and a little bit fed up after Martin had spent what seemed like two or three hours emptying his chalkbag on the 24 meters of rock. Note 2023: Paul attempted the route and backed out on Edge of Time. He called Edge of Time "Epic Territory".

Little Overhang lead MB 1-May-00 💀

Scary middle piece of loose shale above rp-gear lower down. Good character building stuff.

Apache sec MB 1-May-00

Stepped on a reasonably solid looking piece of rock which disappeared underneath my foot.

Agen Allwedd TW MB 13-Nov-05 🪖 🍒

Excellent digging trip to dig 9. Also saw the Corkscrew Chamber which was found the day before.

Agen Allwedd MB RS 19-Mar-05 🪖 🍒

13 hours spankotronic. With John Stevens

Agen Allwedd MB 20-Nov-04 🪖 🍒

A visit to the digface in Grolsch Passage. Managed to make about 2 meters progress removing 22 trays of spoil. The whole passage is really impressive.

Agen Allwedd RS MB 19-May-04 🪖 🍒

Continuing the dig. Excellent burly trip. I enjoyed being at the sharp end much more this time. We've hit a boulder section.

Agen Allwedd MB 16-May-04 🪖 🍒

Digging trip towards Daren. Excellent team effort hard work but good fun. Digging is not for the claustrophic amongst us.

Ogof y Daren Cilau RS MB AW FW 30-Jan-04 🪖 🍒📚Report

Highlights: sucessfull use of heyphone wading through bonzai streamway pushing to Aquenos Choke. Exit series felt hard.

Ogof y Daren Cilau RS MB 07-Nov-03 🪖 🍒

Two-nighter into Dweebland (the end of the cave so far). Excellent trip. Flawlessly executed. We let off two smoke bombs (one failed) at the end to see if there's a draught towards Aggen Allwed. There is. Get your crowbars out!

Ogof y Daren Cilau TW MB RS PW 07-Dec-02 🪖 🍒

Trip to the restaurant of the end of the universe

Ogof y Daren Cilau MB RS TW JT 23-Feb-02 🪖 🍒🍒📚Report

Long trip with an overnight camp in the Hard Rock Cafe. The further speed trip to The Microns was a seriously burly piece of work. Good effort from Martin doing the car shuttle on foot both ways and for the amble lager refreshments in the Hard Rock Cafe and Royston for the very inspirering bit of cave leading in the Rock Steady Cruise.

Ogof y Daren Cilau MB RS 27-Nov-01 🪖

Fantastic trip. Made it to the Bonsai Streamway and back.

Ogof Ffynnon Ddu MB RS 25-Nov-01 🪖

A job needed to be finished. We wanted to finish yesterdays objective of getting to Smiths Armery but the area was in flood now and we made it past the traverses into OFD3 and reached the roaring streamway which was fantastic to watch but a certain deathtrap to enter. Great trip

Ogof Ffynnon Ddu DG RS MB TB 24-Nov-01 🪖 📚Report

We did an unplanned round trip due to some tricky navigation in the Shambles. On one of the many tricky climbs Tom lobbed of and fell around three meters but luckily landed on his feet and not on one of the sharp boulders. He sprained his angle badly and we abandoned the trip and got out safely.

Ogof y Daren Cilau FW 18-Nov-00 🪖 🍒

Did it! RR went with us for 10 meters and then decided to back out after a worm attacked her in the entrance. We'd seriously misproportioned the whole cave - the entrance crawl and chambers beyond was much bigger than expected. We forgot the map which ment we couldn't make it further than the Great Chamber

Ogof y Daren Cilau FW RR 08-Oct-00 🪖

Oh baby! This hole had been on the ticklist for quite some time and still is! We had to turn back approx 350 meters in through the 530m crawl that guards the cave. RR had some bad equipment and was freezing and we decided to go back before it would be too late. I have the feeling we will be back - soon.

Ogof Ffynnon Ddu DG 26-Sep-98 🪖

Excellent through trip. Hard. Wet. Had to swim several times. Massive cave system

El Chorro, Spain (EC)

Paco Eugene alt FW 1-Jan-94 🔩

Algo Sobrela Virgin lead FW 1-Jan-94 🔩

El Perito Caliente sec FW 1-Jan-94 🔩

Aspro Manis sec FW 1-Jan-94 🔩

Gecha el Cielo alt FW 1-Jan-94 🔩

Avion Roquero alt FW DS 1-Jan-94 🔩

Zeppelin alt FW 1-Jan-94 🔩🥀🌤

We gave up on pitch 4 because it was burning hot and too difficult.

Troncomouil lead FW 1-Jan-94 🔩

Amptrax alt FW 1-Jan-94 🔩

Camello Cojo sec FW 1-Jan-94 🔩

Fisura de Los Santos lead FW 1-Jan-94 🔩

El Monstruo de Las Galletas sec FW 1-Jan-94 🔩

Inominata lead FW 1-Jan-94 🔩

Number 1 sec FW 1-Jan-94 🔩

Super Galetta lead FW 1-Jan-94 🔩

Los Mandriles No Comen Galletas sec FW 1-Jan-94 🔩

Empotrador Empotrad alt FW 1-Jan-94 🔩

Amarilla sec FW DS 1-Jan-94 🔩

The Wire alt FW 1-Jan-94 🍒🔥💀🎖

Wild ride on the wire. Required careful preparation and a full package of yoor.

Many Routes alt DS 1-Jan-93 🔩📚Report

Wishlist (WS)

Juvsojla, Rjukan WISH ⛏ 🔘

Straight 50m pillar. Need to train on wall before winter season for this to happen.

Lipton, Rjukan WISH ⛏ 🔘📸📸

The pinnacle of ice ambitions. Photo from season 2023.

Tuborg, Utby WISH 🔘

Technical Wall climb. Need finger strength.

Great Crack, Lexby WISH 🔘

Monster OW. I think this requires more nerve than anything.

Machu Pichu, Granitgrotten WISH 🔘

Lives a quiet trad life amongst a lot of bolted climbs.

Tor Line, Haller WISH 🔘

Roof jam. Need a solid training at crack wall/roof.

Stone Temple Pilot, Binghult WISH 🔘

Double ropes. Binghult.

Melange, Tullboden WISH 🔘📸

Corner with narrow finger crack. Start needs climbing wall fitness.

Ingmars Kamin, Valserod WISH 🔘

Exposed OW. Protection in small cracks in the top section. Go for it. Bring Cam6.

Black Shiver, Yorkshire WISH 🪖 🔘

Dangerous SRT.

Freak Brothers, Kullen WISH 🔘

Yosemite, Kullen WISH 🔘

Torsketaket, Valserod WISH 🔘

Recommended from internet.

Svart Intrusion, Dingle WISH 🔘

Recommended from Niklas. Well protected in the hard bits. Bird banned.

Tydliga Hoernet, Haller WISH 🔘

Spotted with Jesper at Haller. Looked amazing. Start in a tree to get to the ledge.

Välkommen till Bohuslän, Bohusporten WISH 🔘

New area. Look at PDF.

Strix, Bohus WISH 🔘

New area. Look at PDF. Excellent looking ow.

ELENA MUIERRTAS, Binghult WISH 🔘

OW recommended by Anna. In PDF.

ZORRO, Binghult WISH 🔘

Crazy looking route. Maybe more E3. Go try it! In PDF.

Sjaelland, Denmark (SJ)

Furesoeen EW KN 11-Jan-24 🏄 ⛵ 🍒🌤💯

Brilliant ice sailing with Knudsen. Perfect conditions. Amazing speed and delicate control. Yoor!

Roervig solo 09-Jul-23 🚴 🚙

Tried with Scotty first but he is yet too unsettled for longer trips. Went to Hundested, ferry to Roervig and then trailed the beautiful landscape down to Holbaek and back home. Excellent space on the roads, not much traffic.

Roedvig solo 05-Jun-23 🚴 🚙

Hornsherred AX AL 28-May-23 🚴 🚙

Excellent trip with Allan and his new bike.

Oroe Round AX 22-Apr-23 🚴 🚙 🍒

Excellent motorcycle trip with Axel. Cold but sunny. We visited a local animal park at the island which was brilliant. The talking and laughing parrot Cookie was a highlight.

Geels Skov LA EW 01-Jul-21 🚴 🚙 🤸🥀💀

Major crash while doing a major gap. Bent a few ribs.

Lasercamp AN 24-Jun-22 🏄 ⛵

Excellent day of sailing and racing in Knudsens Laserjoller

Sealand Round AN UH FW 19-Jun-04 🏄 ⛵ 🍒🌬🌘📚Report

Sealand Round AN UH FW 19-Jun-03 🏄 ⛵ 🥀💀🔥💯📚Report

Landerslev SG 20-Sep-20 🏄 ⛵

Moen FW 27-Jul-18 🏄 ⛵

Nice to get out. Dad and Fred on shore admirering my shenanigans.

Lynaes kite SG 10-Jul-17 🏄 ⛵

Nice session with Soeren

Lynaes SG 28-Oct-14 🏄 ⛵

Morning session

Landerslev 23-Jun-13 🏄 ⛵

Seesion with Michael Lasso. He subsequently got hooked, bought the gear, got injured, stopped.

Landerslev SG 25-May-11 🏄 ⛵

Furesoen solo 1-Jul-94 🏄 ⛵

Learned to windsurf locally in Holte.

Furesoeen Rundt 22K LK 16-Jan-00 🏂 👟

Soft ground. No frost. Perfect. Excellent run. All systems were running fine.

Furesoeen Rundt 18K LK 21-Feb-99 🏂 👟

Changed to my old more bouncy shoes. I think it helped a bit on my knee, though it still hurt quite a lot. Specially afterwards. Good trip though - but less hilly than I had hoped. Denmark just is flat as a pancake.

Joshua Tree, USA (JT)

Damper sec MB 31-Jan-99 📸

Western Saga lead FW MB 31-Jan-99 🍒

Brilliant fist/layback crack with exciting roof. Read the Trip Report.

Fote Hog sec FW MB 31-Jan-99 🍒

Brilliantly exposed and steep followed by finger crack and layback.

Wild Wind sec MB FW 31-Jan-99

Sail Away lead FW MB 31-Jan-99

Felt easier than some of the previous days - are we finally getting used to Josh rock?

Looney Tunes sec MB FW 30-Jan-99

Left Nixon Crack sec MB 30-Jan-99

Nuts and Bolts sec MB FW 30-Jan-99 🍒🔩

Left Nixon Crack lead- FW 29-Jan-99 🤸

Short steep splitter!

Buissonier lead FW 29-Jan-99 🍒

Very sustained layback flake.

Mike's Book sec FW 29-Jan-99

Double Cross lead FW 29-Jan-99 🍒

SW Corner lead FW 28-Jan-99 🍒🔩

Drawstring lead FW 28-Jan-99 🤸

The newly purchased camalot 4 was essential for this route.

The Flake lead FW 28-Jan-99

A scary introduction to Josh rock.

Chamonix, France (CH)

Aigi de Midi South Face alt PW 03-Mar-02 🥀 🎬Video

Le Pilier sec FW DS 27-May-95 🔩

Le Diedre de Gauche sec FW DS 27-May-95 🔩

Le Ckisia sec FW DS 27-May-95 🔩

Jypsckey sec FW DS 27-May-95 🔩

L'arete des Bucherons sec FW 9-Jun-95 🔩

La Batson sec- FW 9-Jun-95 🔩

La Titi alt FW 10-Jun-95 🔩☔

It pissed down when we climbed the second pitch

Mont Blanc SF 01-Jun-14 🥀💪

Excellent trip to Mont Blanc with Mark, Sean and Mark. Got to 4000 something and returned.

Chamonix AX, EW 18-Feb-23 🏂 👟 🍒🌤

5 days of skiing and snowboarding in Cham. Stayed at the Chamoniard Volant like I did first time i 1995.

Chamonix solo 29-Jan-11 🏂 👟 🌤

Chamonix solo 14-May-01 🏂 👟 🌤

Got the randonee skis out and revisited the Grande Jorasse basin where Fred and I had been 7 years ago. Went up to Refuge Lascaux (2450m) and headed back. Brilliant trip. 6 hours

Chamonix 28-Jan-01 🏂 👟

Still powder left from the day before and an excellent snowdepth, soft and perfect for trying some festive jumps.

Chamonix FW 20-Dec-96 🏂 👟

We only had three days as the following days was ear marked for Christmas purposes. There where a lot of nice offpiste riding

Chamonix solo 10-Mar-96 🏂 👟

Spent two months in Chamonix, one week in Serre Chevalier (and La Grave) and one week in Val d'Isere. The off piste conditions in Val d'Isere was unbelievably good.

Wye Valley (WV)

Double Wye Valley 38K TW 15-Oct-00 🏂 👟

Tim did a "Double Wye Valley run" today - I was climbing, but I thought this should be noted. Double! If the normal round wasn't hard enough, but doing it it twice - pfeww. Well done Tim.

Molboloebet 10K 6-Feb-00 🏂 👟

Anders Soft ground. No frost. Lots of branches. Danish Orienteering. Great fun. 18 posts. At each post one had to answer a question which is then part of the score.

Wye Valley 19K solo 5-Dec-99 🏂 👟

Agony. I thought it would never go. If I want to get the sub2 again I need to rethink be current diet of beer and crisps. Still - I was going allright from the field to Tutshill, so I was quite pleased with the time.

Wye Valley 19K solo 10-Oct-99 🏂 👟

Tried to use ski poles. Disaster. It screwed up my rythm and I struggled all the way through! Ok, I hadn't really had any thing to eat, so I was quite low on energy, but - my ski pole theory has proven wrong.

Semi Wye Valley 10K TW MB 16-Sep-99 🏂 👟 🌘

Good training.

Wye Valley 19K solo 11-Jun-99 🏂 👟 🍒💪

Up until the top of Wyndcliffe my left calf was in absolute agony, but then it started loosening up after that. Boy was I glad when I ran across the bridge in Chepstow. New record for The Run which I am sure will not stand long

Wye Valley 19K LS 06-Jun-99 🏂 👟

We were supposed to have been 6 people going but the other potential participants seemed to have lost their attitude. Still, Linsey and I went and it was as always a fine Valley experience.

Wye Valley 19K TW 03-Jun-99 🏂 👟

Perfect! The seasons first after work run. It looked like it was going to be a mean run, but after reaching the otter hole car park things seemed to just go really smoothly and no pain in the knees which is great.

HP Extended Valley 12K TW 28-Apr-99 🏂 👟

Beautiful. I have started running more frequently and on less savage terrain. All systems are working fine. No problems with knees or anything. So I guess I just need to go easy on the actual fell runs.

Wye Valley 19K 14-Feb-99 🏂 👟

Right knee really painful. Maybe it is my beloved Walsh shoes which are a bit too hardcore after all.

Wye Valley 19K TW CL 20-Jun-98 🏂 👟

Worst ever: Hot. Humid. Muddy and slippery. I lead. Tim runs with Claire. Totally exhausted hardest run yet. No blisters. Picked up Claire in Tintern.

Wye Valley 19K TW 01-Jan-98 🏂 👟

After work run. I left the field after Devils Pulpit and was alone until the last road section near Chepstow. Fine conditions. Big bloody blister on left toe.

Wye Valley 19K TW 01-Jan-98 🏂 👟

Muddy. Wet ground. Snow. Good. Good Run - very wet, otherwise good conditions. Snowed on the higher grounds. Blister

Wye Valley 19K TW 01-Jan-98 🏂 👟

First time - twisted my ankle a bit

South Devon, UK (SD)

Caravanserai lead MB 12-Nov-00

Ate all my Camelots. Good jamming on the left wall.

Sugar Magnolia sec MB 12-Nov-00

Tydomin lead MB 12-Nov-00

Crimtyphon lead MB 12-Nov-00 🍒

Superb texture and excellent crimps.

Leviathan lead MB 11-Sep-99 🍒

Climbers Club Direct alt MB 11-Sep-99 🍒

Has to be the best HVS of the year. Superb climbing on fantastic rock.

Mucky Gully lead LS 11-Sep-99

The Midas Touch lead CH 7-Nov-98

Moonraker alt CH 7-Nov-98 🍒

Argonaut lead JI 6-May-96

Solid Air second JI 6-May-96

Solid Air alt JI 4-May-96

Oresund (OR)

Trekroner FW 20-Apr-24 🏄 ⛵ 🎖📸

A major tick! Went out with Big Lady on a succesfull out and back with plenty of maneuvering and technicalitites with the huge boat. Couldn't have wished for a more perfect mayden voyage sharing it with my forever partner in crime. Yoor!

Rungsted EW 31-Jul-22 🏄 ⛵ 🍒🌬💯

Superb down winder in beefy wind and full sails all the way.

Skovshoved solo 29-Jul-22 🏄 ⛵

Finally a perfect wind from Christianshavn to Skovshoved.

Christianshavn solo 19-Jul-22 🏄 ⛵

Skovshoved solo 13-Jun-22 🏄 ⛵ 🌬

Returning the boat to Rungsted. Beefy wind. Had to make an emergency stop in a harbour on the way for sail only (engine failure) which went really well.

Christianshavn EW 05-Jun-22 🏄 ⛵ 📸

Moving the boat to ChrHavn for the kids to stay in the center. Excellent concept.

Rungsted EW 05-Jun-21 🏄 ⛵

Returning the boat from ChrHavn. No wind, engine throttle cable broke half way. Managed to rig a temporary solution with string and pulleys to make it all the way back. Exciting trip.

Brinks Byoye solo 29-Aug-19 🏄 ⛵ 🍒

Glass flat water but with a light breeze. Moored up at Brincks boye and swam in to shore for a beer. Daren drum useful for keeping the towel and clothes dry on the swim. Brilliant.

Ven Singlehand solo 15-Aug-19 🏄 ⛵

Ven Nord CW EW 02-Aug-18 🏄 ⛵ 🍒🔥

Excellent trip. A few dramas. Engine stop on the way into harbour. Nearly struck by lightning in the night.

Ockero to Malmo HW DS 14-Oct-17 🏄 ⛵ 🍒💀🌬🌘📚Report

Transport of Spooky from Ockero to Malmo. One long stretch. Extreme. Most of it in pitch black darkness. Cold.

Ven Camp JR FW 01-Mar-98 🏄 ⛵ 🍒💀💪📸

Wild trip in kayaks to Ven in the middle of winter. Done as part of preparing for the 1998 Raid Gauloises.

Vantage, USA (VT)

Peaceful Warrior lead JB 28-Apr-02 🔩🎬Video

Check out the video from the weekend.

Chosmaster lead JB 28-Apr-02 🔩 🎬Video

Boschido lead JB 28-Apr-02 🔩🍒

The route of the crag. Superbly natural line weaving it's way up this huge exposed basalt pillar. The locals were impressed by the onsight tick. I was well pleased. Sustained.

Desert Shield Right lead JB 28-Apr-02 🔩

Hardening of the Artery lead JB 28-Apr-02 🔩

Short pump fest

Desert Shield lead JB 28-Apr-02 🔩🍒

VT Point lead JB 27-Apr-02 🔩🍒

Great position up an exposed arete.

Clip em or Skip em lead JB 27-Apr-02 🔩

Whipsaw lead JB 27-Apr-02 🔩

Ride em Cowboy lead 27-Apr-02 🔩🍒

Superb route up the arete of one of the endless basalt columns

Dance of the Sharman lead JB 27-Apr-02 🔩

Nice moves

Dawn Cyote lead JB 27-Apr-02 🔩

Wet in the top.

Chair Ladder, UK (CL)

Pegasus lead MB 9-Apr-00 🦎

Excelsior lead MB 9-Apr-00 🍒🦎

Detergent Wall lead MB 8-Apr-00 🦎

Festive approach. The tide was coming in and we we negotiating some semisubmersed boulderhopping.

Great Western Arete lead MB 8-Apr-00 🤸🦎

Strange grading - I lobbed on the 5a pitch which was really akward and hard.

South East Face Direct lead MB 8-Apr-00

Kittiwake lead MB 8-Apr-00

Terrier's Tooth alt MB 26-Apr-98 📚Report

We were forced to climb this route in pretty extreme conditions.

Diocese alt MB 26-Apr-98 🍒

Cornwall at its best

Bishop's Rib alt MB 26-Apr-98

Flannel Avenue alt MB 26-Apr-98

South Face Direct alt WW 28-Sep-97 🍒

Boise, USA (BC)

Jordan Valley FW 27-Dec-23 🚴 🚙

Hunting trip with off road vehicle. Drove all day in savage terrain, never spotting other than deer. We had tags to shoot an Elk, which we did not find.

Garden Valley alt FW 17-Oct-08 🚴 🚙 🍒💀

ATV drive on the back trails of Idaho. Ended in a real epic with a crash and one of the ATVs going over the side of the mountain road and tumbled several hundreds of meters down the steep forested mountain side. Glad to be alive. We spent hours hoisting the atv back to the trail, totalled. Close call.

The Pansy lead MB 19-Jul-99 🔩

Neon Leprechaun lead MB 19-Jul-99 🔩

Temporary Insanity sec MB 19-Jul-99

Unknown lead MB 19-Jul-99

Two Studs lead MB 19-Jul-99

Shake Smear sec MB 19-Jul-99

Citizens Against Spiders lead MB 18-Jul-99

Basalt Somersault sec MB 18-Jul-99

The Doug Scott Route lead MB 18-Jul-99

El Diente, Mexico (DI)

Square Boulder 2 top 13-Jan-99 🔩

Square Boulder 1 lead FW 13-Jan-99 🔩

Front Face lead FW 12-Jan-99 🔩

Very thin moves on steep slab followed by a marginal dyno to clear an overhanging bulge.

Paradise 2 sec FW 12-Jan-99 🔩

Paradise 1 lead FW 12-Jan-99 🔩

Alumbrado Publico sec FW 12-Jan-99 🔩

Rokkesten lead FW 12-Jan-99 🔩

Primavera sec FW 12-Jan-99 🔩

Danza del Poder lead FW 12-Jan-99 🔩

Chimney sec FW 12-Jan-99 🔩

North Devon, UK (ND)

Chudleigh Overhang alt TW 18-Mar-00

Very dodgy second pitch. Pure munge.

Oesophegus lead TW 18-Mar-00

Loot sec TW 18-Mar-00

Twang lead TW 18-Mar-00

Heart of the Sun alt MB 13-Nov-99

Midnight Cowboy alt MB 5-Sep-98 📚Report

Fools Rush In alt MB 5-Sep-98

Really technical traverse of the Baggy Point Promontory Slab. I was pretty close to not making it but eventually pulled it through.

Lost Horizons lead MB 5-Sep-98

Terrapin sec MB 5-Sep-98 🍒📚Report

A bold lead by Martin Beale (his first E3 lead). Read his story in here.

Black Mountains WW SL 01-Jul-96 🚴 🚙 🍒

Hardcore uphill. Fun downhill.

Yosemite, USA (YO)

La Cosita Left lead FW 28-Oct-00

Great route with everything. Looks imposible from below but is okay once you get commited. We wanted to do the amazing looking Sacherer Cracker afterwards went up the 5.7 Flaring crack and then it started to rain. Next time!

Pine Line lead FW 28-Oct-00

One pitch route right betimeen the Nose and Salathe - awesome setting.

Church Bowl Lieback lead FW 28-Oct-00 🍒

Hidden gem. We climbed right next to Tom Frost (first ascensionist of El Cap) and called him a chicken. Truly festive guy.

Church Bowl Tree lead FW 28-Oct-00 🍒

Excellent crack line. Technical fingerstuff.

Nutcracker lead FW 27-Oct-00 🍒

Incredible layback. We backed down after third pitch as it started to rain.

Reed's Pinnacle Direct sec MB 18-Oct-98 🍒

Fairview Dome alt MB 17-Oct-98 💯🍒

Regular Route. We videoed the ascent. Come around my boat if you want to see it.

Positively 4th Street alt MB 11-Oct-98 🍒

Brilliant laybacking jamming and underclinging. Thanks for the tip Royston.

Little John Left lead MB 11-Oct-98

Needle Spoon sec MB 10-Oct-98 🍒🔩

Ultra Technical slab. Martin at his best.

Tenerife, Spain (TE)

El Regreso del Patron alt- FW 1-Jan-94 🔩📚Report

We didn't have a topo at this time and the line looked reasonable. It wasn't so we went off route to easier ground before the crux

Barrio Conflictivo lead FW 1-Jan-94 🔩

Esponlon del Rampa FW 1-Jan-94 🔩

Papeo Chachi FW 1-Jan-94 🔩

Super Lopez FW 1-Jan-94 🔩

McNesio FW 1-Jan-94 🔩

Diedre sec FW 1-Jan-94

Waterloo lead FW 1-Jan-94 🔩

No Repercute sec- FW 1-Jan-94 🔩

El Senor de las Bestitas lead FW 1-Jan-94 🔩

Indonesia (IN)

Tulamben FW 05-Nov-97 🤿

Tulamben FW 04-Nov-97 🤿

Deep dive

Lovina Beach FW 03-Nov-97 🤿

Night dive

Menjangan HW 03-Nov-97 🤿

Lovina Reef HW 02-Nov-97 🤿

Bosigran, UK (BG)

Paragon lead MB 9-Apr-00 🍒🦎

Excellent route. Big jugs and great positions.

Venusberg alt TW 22-Aug-98

Thin Wall Special alt TW 22-Aug-98 🍒

Technical start. Exposed roof in the finish. Excellent route.

Doorpost alt TW 22-Aug-98

Doorway Direct alt MB 25-Apr-98

Martin did the start - HARD

Ocre Slab I alt MB 25-Apr-98

Interesting slab - windy and exposed

Anvil Chorus alt MB 25-Apr-98 💯🍒

Superb layback

Doorpost alt MB 25-Apr-98

Little Brown Jug Direct alt MB 25-Apr-98

Ombleze, France (OM)

Tac (Gauche) lead CW 30-Jun-02 🔩

Great line up the main face. Atmospheric crag with a lot of potential.

Assurance Tous Risque lead CW 30-Jun-02 🔩

Cacaboum sec CW 30-Jun-02 🔩

Neuleu lead CW 30-Jun-02 🔩

Vasidoux lead CW 30-Jun-02 🔩

Acrobuis lead CW 30-Jun-02 🔩

La Directe des Gupes lead CW 1-Apr-02 🔩🍒

Superb route. Three sustained pitches takes you to the summit of this excellent place.

Le Gastronome lead CW 31-Mar-02 🔩

After yesterdays epic we only did one pitch of this fairly bolt spaced out classic.

Vois de Trou lead CW 30-Mar-02 🔩

Excellent little expedition. Got the to summit just as the sun disappeared on the horizon. Three long abseils in complete darkness saw us down eventually. Good effort from Celine who had only abseiled once before.

Gower, UK (GW)

Frigg sec NE 20-Jun-99

Seth lead NE 20-Jun-99

Errant lead NE 20-Jun-99

South West Diedre lead NE 20-Jun-99

Arch Slab lead FW 19-Jun-99

Joggled Wall Direct sec FW 19-Jun-99

Scavenger lead TR FW 19-Jun-99

East Ridge solo 19-Jun-99

Osiris lead WW 20-Jun-96

North Wales, UK (NW)

Crown of Thorns alt FW 1-Jan-95 🦎

Rib and Slab alt FW HW 1-Jan-95 🦎

The Wrinkle alt FW HW 1-Jan-95 🦎

Lion alt FW 1-Jan-95 🦎

Crackstone Rib alt FW 1-Jan-95 🦎

Dives/Better Things alt FW 1-Jan-95 🦎

Creagh Dhu Wall alt FW HW 1-Jan-94

Grooved Arete alt FW HW 1-Jan-94

Tennis Shoe alt FW HW 1-Jan-94

Symonds Yat, UK (SY)

The Prow (Whitt) alt MB 26-Feb-00

The Druid sec MB 26-Feb-00

Exchange lead MB 26-Feb-00

Peacock sec MB 26-Feb-00

Offspring lead MB 26-Feb-00

Scooby Doo sec MB 26-Feb-00

The Russian lead MB 26-Feb-00

Red Rose Speedway sec MB 26-Feb-00

Boves, Italy (BO)

Limone Via Ferrata solo 31-Mar-23 🔗 🌤💪

Lack of partners I ventured into the high alps for this ViaF. Plenty of doubts along the way, but at the end I gave it a try and quiched one third of the way. Mainly due to uncertainty of the conditions of the descent; in particular if it would be snowy/icy, in which case I would be severely screwed. Also I didn't bring any sunscreen or water which was a bad. I will be back.

Boves AX HW 16-Feb-24 🚴 🚙

Great trip with an additional two rented e-mtbs.

Limone EW 18-Nov-23 🚴 🚙 🍒💯

Excellent trip into the mountains with Emil and the e-MTB's. We ended up on the top of Limone and had a lot of fun ridin the (empty) resort slopes down.

Biscali solo 01-Apr-23 🚴 🚙 🍒💯🔥

Crazy E-MTB ride. Went up the mountain with vague idea of the area. I had spotted smoke in the distance and also firefigthers while driving up in the car. My round trip was committed in the mountain landscape (at some point I could not return back the way I came) and I had to go straight through a full blown forest fire with fire on both sides and embers on the path (!) and to top it up, helicopters and planes above throwing water down. I luckily hit a short window where they were not throwing water down but it was all super intense and quite dangerous. I was most nervous about puncturing the tires on the hot embers as I would be very screwed in that case (with a heavy e-mtb). All went well and I ended up with an eventfull tick in the bag.

Limone UH 25-Feb-24 🏂 👟

Repeat ski rando now with Uffe. Great day out and more fun being two! We had to quiche on the steep last bit - it was too icy and without ski crampons there was no grip.

Limone solo 17-Feb-24 🏂 👟

Good walk up to Fort Central. Did a steep uphil zigzag at the end. Quite gnarly without crampons. Must get some.

Artesina solo 05-Mar-23 🏂 👟 🍒🌤📚Report 🧭Topo

Absolutely brilliant and exciting ski rando. New equipment worked perfectly and my skills on skis in steep powder was satisfying. Amazing full day out. Epic return through the valley.

Artesina 28-Feb-23 🏂 👟 🍒🌤

7 days of skiing and snowboarding with the UVR team. The conditions were perfect with massive snowfall prior to 4 days of perfect sunshine and deep powder. Artesina is a brilliant resort. Maybe my favorite.

Kalymnos, Greece (KY)

Starfish lead AX CW EW 03-Jun-16 🍒

Karpouzy lead TW 03-Jun-16

Tomboy lead TW 03-Jun-16

Monahiki Elia lead TW 02-Jun-16 🍒

Back at sport climbing like the old days! Great place.

DNA lead- TW 02-Jun-16 🤸

Took a proper whipper 3/4 way up

Joy in the Garden lead TW 01-Jun-16 🍒

Warm up

Remember Wadi Rum lead TW 01-Jun-16

Totenhansel lead TW 01-Jun-16 🍒💯

Awesome climb on overhaning tufas

Moab Utah, USA (MO)

30 seconds over Potash lead SP 20-Dec-23 🧤

My introductury lead to MOAB sandstone climbing.

Shafer Trail solo 21-Dec-23 🚴 🚙 🍒🔥💯

At the spur of the moment, I decided to drive off-road back to Moab from Dead Horse Point. A bit late in the day with only 2 hours light left it was a bit touch and go. Totally wild drive and incredible nature experience.

Lucy in the Sky with Potash sec- SP 20-Dec-23

Had to rest on the rope for the trickiest section.

Potash Bong Hit lead SP 20-Dec-23 🍒🔥

Just brilliant jamming and flake climbing. Happy to get to the top clean.

Static Cling sec- SP 20-Dec-23

Sean almost climbed it clean. Really fingery climbing.

Flakes of Wrath lead SP 20-Dec-23 🍒💯

Storming route. Perfect hand jamming and a sting at the top with a undercling roof traverse with no feet to speak of.

Bad Moki Roof sec SP 20-Dec-23 🍒💯💪

Last route of the day. Excellent jamming through the roof. It took all my remaining yoor to second it clean.

Wadi Rum, Jordan (WR)

Mumkin alt AW 01-Apr-06 🍒📚Report

Trip report on willerup.com from an amazing trip to Jordan.

Sunkiss alt AW 01-Apr-06 🍒

Ocean Slabs alt AW 01-Apr-06 🍒💯

Rijm Assaf alt AW 01-Apr-06 🍒

Merlin's Wand alt AW 01-Apr-06 🍒

Storm in the Desert alt AW 01-Apr-06 🍒

City of Rocks, Idaho (CI)

The Pygmies Got Stoned sec MB 25-Jul-99 🔩

Tribal Boundaries lead MB 25-Jul-99 🍒🔩

Excellent sport route.

Bloody Fingers sec MB 25-Jul-99 🍒

Double Vision sec MB 25-Jul-99

Double Cracks sec MB 25-Jul-99

I started on this fantastic looking splitter but was lowered to the ground as the initial finger jam proved too much for my jamming skills.

Stan's Roof sec- MB 25-Jul-99 🤸💀

Martin started our City of Rocks experience with a serious lead up to Stan's Roof. He commited himself to some marginal smearing and I can't remember having seen Martin so close to popping off as the roof didn't contain an obivous thank God Hold. Scary stuff. I on the other hand popped off in the roof section.

El Escalone, Mexico (ES)

Double Crack alt FW 15-Jan-99 🍒

Page 99 lead FW 15-Jan-99 💯🍒🔥

Very sustained jamming and somewhat run-out at the top. Scary. A perfect climb with everything... Check out page 99 of "Climbing Magazine" - that's the one.

Chameleon lead FW 14-Jan-99 🍒

Double Crack and Top Jam sec FW 14-Jan-99 🍒

Double Crack sec FW 13-Jan-99 🍒🌘

We climbed the first pitch and it got dark. We left the gear in and will continue tomorrow.

Chimney lead FW 13-Jan-99 🍒

Aculco, Mexico (AC)

Symphonia de Ojas Secas lead FW 3-Jan-99 🍒🔥📚Report

Absolutely brilliant route with everything: technical jamming strength mantleshelf layback crack face etc...

Tennis lead FW 3-Jan-99 🍒

Right of Nacnactang lead FW 2-Jan-99

Crack top 2-Jan-99

Nacnactang lead FW 2-Jan-99 🔩

La Proa lead FW 2-Jan-99 🍒

Buoux, France (BX)

Cri de guerre lead SW 31-Mar-01 🔩

Perfert Saturday afternoon in superb weather. Almost no people had most of the world class rock to ourselves.

La Voliere lead SW 31-Mar-01 🔩

Grande Veine Bleu lead OR HW 16-Oct-96 🔩

Bloc Note lead OR HW 16-Oct-96 🔩🎬Video

Le Tozal lead OR 16-Oct-96 🔩

La Voliere lead OR 16-Oct-96 🔩

Ole almost bought the ticket on this climb. He climbed up after me, but did not unclip. I thought he was fiddling around on the ground so I kept feeding rope out (he was out of sight) and then as he climbed past a bulge I imidiately realised the catastrophy. I told Ole as calm as possible to climb downwards again hoping he would not pop off. Had he slipped he would have decked out proper. Important learning that hopefully ended well.

Portishead Quarry, UK (PQ)

Pharos lead LS 14-Aug-99

Linsey's first outdoor climb.

Pickpocket lead MI 4-Apr-99

Highway One sec TW 22-Jun-98 🍒📚Report

The Brink Of Solarity lead TW 22-Jun-98

The Baldest sec TW 13-Sep-97

Pickpocket lead TW 13-Sep-97

Ardeche, France (AR)

Liaucous lead AX 02-Aug-19 🔗 🍒

It was so good we had to do it twice. Next time we need pullies for the final zip line.

Liaucous lead AX 01-Aug-19 🔗 🍒

Excellent Via Ferrata in Gorges du Tarn

Allez au Diable lead FW 15-Jul-17 🍒

Apres de mon Abre sec CW 7-Jul-02 🔩

I let Celine lead this one and got while she was at the top out of view, I got undressed to climb it nude and to arrive nude at the stance - for festive purposes.

La Vie Eternelle lead- CW 7-Jul-02 🔩

Excellent place this Ardeche. Finally had a go on something a bit harder and although I had to rest on the rope three times I was quite pleased with the tick.

Hang on lead cw 7-Jul-02 🔩🍒

Les Callanques, France (CA)

Les Trois Peches alt FW 2-Jun-95 🔩

Super Sirene alt- FW 2-Jun-95 🔩

La Saphir/Sortie des Artistes alt FW 3-Jun-95 🔩

Petite Aiguille I sec FW 3-Jun-95 🔩

Petite Aiguille II lead FW 2-Jun-95 🔩

Debilodrome lead FW 3-Jun-95 🔩

Wyncliffe, UK (WC)

Mecca sec- TW 21-May-98 🤸

I rested on the rope. Tim took quite a whipper.

Trial sec TW MB 21-May-98

The Firebird sec TW 23-Apr-97

Cadillac lead TW 23-Apr-97

Questor lead TW 21-Apr-97

Suncrush sec TW 21-Apr-97

Cogne, Italy (CO)

Monday Money alt SF 20-Jan-20 ⛏ 🥀🦎 📸

Picked one of the big ones. Long walk in and an absolutely knackering climb up to the base of the ice fall. We started the first pitch but were drained after the walk and hill climb. We bailed.

Valmiana alt SF 19-Jan-20 ⛏ 📸

Good conditions throughout. Had the route to ourselves.

Cascade Lillaz alt SF 18-Jan-20 ⛏

Lillaz alt PW 04-Feb-17 ⛏

Better day than the day before. Finished with festive snowball attack on Richard and Tim.

Patri alt PW 05-Feb-17 ⛏ 🥀

Everything I hate about ice climbing in the alps. Long walk-ins, queues at the routes and unpredicatable avalanche conditions. We bailed mid-way due to disagreements on commitments.

Acherote alt PW 05-Feb-17 ⛏ 🥀

Gogarth, UK (GG)

Britomartis alt TW 2-Aug-98 🍒

The Strand alt TW 2-Aug-98 🍒

Very dodgy second pitch - specially in the light of a guy plunging to the ground the day before. First pitch is excellent though!

Gogarth alt RS TW 1-Aug-98 🍒

A Dream of White Horses alt RS TW 31-Jul-98 🍒

We were passed by three young lads who where soloing the Dream. Good going! (Tim later found out that one of them was Leo Houlding - young English E8-climber!)

A Dream of White Horses alt FW 1-Jan-94 🍒📚Report

Cheddar Gorge, UK (CG)

Sceptre alt MB 14-Nov-99

Eden Crack lead LK HL 9-Apr-99

Viper crack lead FW JC 27-Mar-99

Excellent day out in Cheddar. Weather was perfect and we finished the day of with this little steep splitter. We gave a rope end to a chap passing us on bicycle from London on his way to Penzane.

Consolation alt FW 27-Mar-99 🍒

Good route! Really good route.

Coronation Street alt FW 15-Oct-95 🍒🔥🎖📚Report

I still wake up with cold sweat on my forehead.

Huntsham Crags, UK (HC)

Deep Space lead MB 8-Jun-00

Beside the Seaside lead MB 8-Jun-00

Crack Dancer sec MB 8-Jun-00

Martin jammed like a savage. I laybacked.

Song Child lead MB 8-Jun-00

Feather Light Slab sec MB 8-Jun-00

Cotswold (CW)

Cotswold Race 18K solo 26-Jun-99 🏂 👟 🌤

Complete torture. No problems in legs but the lungs and overall stamina was suffering seriously from the extreme heat. I came in 15th. It was not pleasant. Ridiculously hot (25+ degrees). Worst conditions I have ever run in.

Cotswold Leg 5 (recce) 18K TW 16-Jun-99 🏂 👟

Calves killing me, otherwise the run was great. We were chased by a flock of cows at some stage.

Cotswold Leg 3 (recce) 16K LS 13-Jun-99 🏂 👟

Got lost once. Picked up the track again after some skillful map reading.

Cotswold Relay 16K TW 27-Jun-98 🏂 👟

Team 62 Ideal conditions. Muddy as hell and sun and showers during the run. Despite the fact that my shoes are crap it went okay. I came in 19th of 45 participants. Tim, who ran the leg as well came in 10th, three minuttes before me. Excellent fun. Right knee hurting quite a bit otherwise okay.

Cotswold Recce 16K TW 23-Jun-98 🏂 👟

Practice Run for the race on Saturday

Lake District, UK (LD)

Central Gully alt TW 31-Jan-98 ⛏ 🍒🔥📚Report

My first proper iceclimb. Good stuff although a bit thin and delicate at places. Released a huge rock which thundered down the gully which was packed with 4-5 other teams. Not good! Nobody got hurt luckily.

A lot of nice routes alt SF 23-Jun-96

SLMM 35K CW TW 01-Jul-17 🏂 👟

Wonderful to be back in England running with Celine.

KIMM 37K FW 01-Nov-99 🏂 👟

We came in 68 of 197 teams in the C class. 69 of these retired after the first day - 128 completed. (2.200m of ascent)

SLMM 35K MB 04-Jul-98 🏂 👟

Great conditions. Misty, wet and not too windy. Right knee hurting. After five hours I twist my ankle badly and we decide to retire and manage to arrive at the midway campsite after an additional 3 hours struggle. Read the full story.

La Cuajo, Mexico (CU)

Capitan Garfio lead FW 10-Jan-99 🍒🔩

Regalo Danese lead FW 9-Jan-99 🍒🔥

First Ascent!

Pinche Gripa sec FW 9-Jan-99 🔩

Siquiriqui lead FW 9-Jan-99 🔩

Versachi sec FW 9-Jan-99 🔩

Kjugge, Sweden (KJ)

SS Sloper LA 03-Oct-16 👊 🍒🎬Video

To Gode Juggar LA FZ 29-May-14 👊 🎬Video

Mr Magnet LA FZ 29-May-14 👊 🎬Video

Hajfinna LA FZ 29-May-14 👊 🎬Video

Swanage, UK (SW)

Various Routes alt MI 12-Sep-96

Finale Groove lead FW 8-Oct-95 🍒

Transcript Direct sec FW 1-Jan-95

Brecon Beacons 32K TW MB 19-Sep-99 🏂 👟 🍒☔

Superb Half of it was fun. Half of it was a running mare. Absolute savagery. Constant horizontal rain all the way through.

Fontaine Bleau, France (FB)

Marie Rose solo FZ JG LP LW 01-Apr-16 👊 🍒

Great trip to FB with the Danish climbing mates. Ended up camping in the forest on a piece of cardboard. I love FB.

Several Problems solo TW PW AX EW CW 01-Apr-14 👊 🍒

Awesome week in FB with 3 families. Should get a camper van for this sort of tripping.

Langle Ben solo JG LP LW 01-Apr-11 👊 🍒

Cool to be in FB with JG and the Danes. JG is an excellent guide to FB.

Lots of blocs lead JR 1-Sep-94 👊

Cloggy, UK (CY)

The Corner alt MB 23-Jul-13 🍒💯📚Report

Chimney Route alt MB 23-Jul-13 🍒

Curving Crack alt MB 23-Jul-13 🍒

Pedestal Crack alt MB 23-Jul-13 🍒

Last route of an excellent weekend at Cloggy.

Hagefjell, Norway (HF)

Mot Sola dnf KK 24-Jun-20 ☔🦎🥀📚Report

First roof section was dripping wet and we decided to bail.

Linker Einstieg Agent Orange alt KK 24-Jun-20 🦎

Excellent last route if the 3 day visit. The roof part is brilliant.

Haegar alt KK 23-Jun-20 🌤💯☔🦎🍼

The striking line of the area. We were doing pretty well though I had to pull on the gear in the crux roof - it was soaking wet.

Gone with the weed alt KK 22-Jun-20 🦎

Navigation Quarry, UK (NQ)

The Owl and The Antelope lead PW 14-May-00 🍒

Last route of the day. It was either this or another HVS. Having pushed the limit quite a bit already I wasn't quite sure that I wanted to lead the magnificiently positioned slab which looked completely unprotected from below. But we fired up the final bit of yoor and I went for it. An excellent route and the slab has *one* piece of perfect gear so that's plenty!

Let Me Know What Life is Like sec PW 14-May-00

Great route. Paul finally picked up the sharp end and he led the route in fine style. Plenty of pro (very unusual at Navigation Quarry)

Totally Relaxed lead PW 14-May-00 🍼

Due to our almost unprotected adventure we decided to try some bolt clipping. I had to pull on the quickdraw in the crux. Great route if you can climb that grade! Oh yeah we tried Western Front Direct first. That's E56b on bolts. Paul lowered me off from the impossible roof.

Fly Me To The Moon lead PW 14-May-00 💀🔥

No gear from mid way. Had to pull up some commiting roofs of loose rock with 20 meters of unprotected air underneath me. Really f*cking scary.

Lillehammer, Norway (LH)

Bjornstadsbekken alt PW 20-Feb-16 ⛏ 🥀💯

A stunning line in perfect condtions. For some reason Paul did not want to finish the complete climb

Lillehammer alt PW 20-Feb-16 ⛏

Oppdal alt PW 20-Feb-16 ⛏

JG Climb alt JG 14-Feb-11 ⛏ 📸

Guatemala, Guatemala (GM)

Chop Chop Machette Galore alt FW 8-Dec-98 🍒📚Report

New route. Good experience. A festive climb.

Poptun FW 11-Dec-98 🪖

Big tube with mud and good formations second level round trip with somewhat technical climbing and crawling. Long. Very visited

Lanquin FW 09-Dec-98 🪖

Big chambers bats spiders lake with potential river lots of potential side passages one easy squeeze. Total virgin experience. Only very few traces of humans. Unique. FW managed to catch the 'Bat Disease' or Histoplasmosis as it is apparently called - pretty nasty lasted for weeks but he survived. Only he nows sleeps hanging from the ceiling

Lanquin FW 08-Dec-98 🪖 🔥🎖

Psycedelic praying with candles etc. reentry with smoke and strange sounds. Photos

Verdon, France (VD)

Vue de Cezanne lead FW 28-Jul-02 🍼

Spotted a potential cave at the bottom. Will require digging.

Bernard sec FW 28-Jul-02 🍼

Claude lead FW 28-Jul-02 🍼

Nice little number. The finishing move is a bit gnarly.

La Demande alt FW 29-Jul-02 🥀💯

Fred and I tried our luck with this 11 pitch classic. Eventually backed off due to approaching storm and lacking yoor. Quite good we did. A little epic.

Beitostoelen, Norway (BS)

Bitihorn FW, AN 23-Feb-05 🏂 👟 🌤📚Report

Winter ascent of the main feature of Beitostoelen

Beitostoelen HW, OR 01-Feb-96 🏂 👟

Skiing with family

Beitostoelen HW 01-Feb-95 🏂 👟

Skiing with family

Tulum, Mexico (TU)

Sea Travers FW 20-Dec-98

Tulum Pillar solo 18-Dec-98 🍒🔥

Great place. Superb rock rising from the beach. Very soft sand good for a potential fall.

Taj Mahal Cenote FW 19-Dec-98 🤿 🔥🎖📸

Crolles, France (CR)

Trou de Glaz DS 10-Jun-01 🪖

Went back for a further exploration. Annabel announced her disgust of the un-rock but David is keen on more. This cave is massive. Over 50 kilometers of known passageway with numerous through trips under Dent de Crolles. The mountain is basically completely hollow and will be the focus of activity in the near future. As with all Grenoblois speleoaction it requires a fully equipped SRT team to explore.

Trou de Glaz MB CW 24-May-01 🪖

Walked up the Dent de Crolles. Nipped in to a huge cavity with our c-rack. Massive draft coming out of the cave. Will be back for further exploration.

Shakemantle Quarry, UK (SM)

Rain Something sec TW MB 10-Aug-98

Eczema sec MB TW 10-Aug-98

Tintern Quarry, UK (TQ)

Dinosaurs don't dino lead TW 14-Aug-97 🔩

Pocket full of Cryptonite lead TW 14-Aug-97 🔩

Pena de Bernal, Mexico (BE)

La Bernalina alt FW 5-Jan-99 🔩

Chada Dominical lead FW 5-Jan-99 🔩

Mexico (MX)

Cueva Miso Ha FW TR 29-Dec-98 🪖

Mathias negotiated a tricky entrance to a cave with a waterfall coming out of it. Ended in some muddy dig business

Cueva Xtacumbilxun FW TR 27-Dec-98 🪖

Some interesting exploration but we didn't go down the main shaft where it looked really interesting. No SRT kit. Very visited

Belize, Belizes (BZ)

Rio Frio Cave FW 15-Dec-98 🪖

Huge short cave. Explored some galleries but no interesting passages

St. Herman's Cave FW 14-Dec-98 🪖

Through-trip Big cave little technical side passages. Very visited

Cannes, France (CN)

JG Wedding dws JG LP LW 17-Aug-21

Sodome et Gomorrhe lead JG LP LW 16-Aug-21 🔩

Forest of Dean, UK (FD)

Clearwater Mine DG TW 11-Jun-98 🪖

Ancient Iron Mine. Bow to the Ham

Otter Hole FW TW DG 01-Oct-96 🪖 💯🍒📚Report

The entrance of Otter Hole has an exiting feature. The river Wye is tidal so the entrance is only open an hour or two during low tide. When the water comes in the entrance (and exit!) closes for about 10 hours which means that once we enter we are comitted for the whole day.

Sennen, UK (SE)

Demo Route alt WW 27-Sep-97

Church corner sec WW PD 01-Jun-97

Oslo, Norway (OS)

Robinsson Pillar lead JG 20-Oct-10

Hang to the rose/thorn. Comitting. Right foot small hold. Nice solid breaks

Freaking Crack lead JG 20-Oct-10

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico (BA)

Whalers Dues lead FW 20-Jan-99 🤸

Red Sling sec FW 20-Jan-99

Interesting climbing on the "decomposing granite" well-protected fun.

Presles, France (PR)

Bon Interlude lead RI 27-Oct-01 🔩🥀

Great to be out in Presles. Big route at 280m. We only did the two first pitches.

Transit lead RI 12-May-01 🔩📸

Excellent day out in this superb crag. The rucksack were full - but where in in England it would be full of climbing gear - here in France mine was full of flute watermelon cheese and pate. :-)

Under Cover Rock, UK (UC)

Red in the corner (indoor) lead TW 11-Aug-98 🔩🔥

Although indoor climbing is not featured a lot on Willerup.com I thought it appropriate to log my first ever 7a flash. Yooor!

Split Rock Quarries, UK (SQ)

Certain Suprise sec MB 6-Sep-98 📚Report

Mendoza, Argentina (MZ)

Aconcagua SF FW 01-Jan-98 🥀🌬💪📚Report

900 meters from the top.

Dubai, UAE (DU)

Fossil Rock lead EW CW AW 02-Jan-13 🚴 🚙 🍒🔥💯

Mad 4x4 wheel drive in the desert. Camped mid-way and struggled to get out the day after as the wind has removed all tracks and we were completely left on our own to find our way (I had a guidebook). True epic.

Gunnard Head, UK (GU)

Right Corner Alternative alt WW 28-Sep-97

Some dudes before us psyked out and we had to create a route directly upwards from our stance to get out of the place.

Cervinia, Italy (CC)

Matterhorn SF FW UH 01-Jun-00 📚Report

Successfull ascent.

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Area index

Gothenburg, Sweden (GB)

Bohuslan, Sweden (BH)

Kullen, Sweden (KU)

Pembroke, UK (PB)

Avon Gorge, UK (AV)

Rjukan, Norway (RU)

Peak District, UK (PD)

Wintours Leap, UK (WL)

Grenoble, France (GR)

Shorn Cliff, UK (SC)

Mendips caves, UK (MD)

La Grave, France (LG)

Jylland, Denmark (JL)

Goblin Combe, UK (GC)

Vercors caves, France (VC)

Yorkshire, UK (YS)

Llangattock, UK (LL)

El Chorro, Spain (EC)

Wishlist (WS)

Sjaelland, Denmark (SJ)

Joshua Tree, USA (JT)

Chamonix, France (CH)

Wye Valley (WV)

South Devon, UK (SD)

Oresund (OR)

Vantage, USA (VT)

Chair Ladder, UK (CL)

Boise, USA (BC)

El Diente, Mexico (DI)

North Devon, UK (ND)

Yosemite, USA (YO)

Tenerife, Spain (TE)

Indonesia (IN)

Bosigran, UK (BG)

Ombleze, France (OM)

Gower, UK (GW)

North Wales, UK (NW)

Symonds Yat, UK (SY)

Boves, Italy (BO)

Kalymnos, Greece (KY)

Moab Utah, USA (MO)

Wadi Rum, Jordan (WR)

City of Rocks, Idaho (CI)

El Escalone, Mexico (ES)

Aculco, Mexico (AC)

Buoux, France (BX)

Portishead Quarry, UK (PQ)

Ardeche, France (AR)

Les Callanques, France (CA)

Wyncliffe, UK (WC)

Cogne, Italy (CO)

Gogarth, UK (GG)

Cheddar Gorge, UK (CG)

Huntsham Crags, UK (HC)

Cotswold (CW)

Lake District, UK (LD)

La Cuajo, Mexico (CU)

Kjugge, Sweden (KJ)

Swanage, UK (SW)

Fontaine Bleau, France (FB)

Cloggy, UK (CY)

Hagefjell, Norway (HF)

Navigation Quarry, UK (NQ)

Lillehammer, Norway (LH)

Guatemala, Guatemala (GM)

Verdon, France (VD)

Beitostoelen, Norway (BS)

Tulum, Mexico (TU)

Crolles, France (CR)

Shakemantle Quarry, UK (SM)

Tintern Quarry, UK (TQ)

Pena de Bernal, Mexico (BE)

Mexico (MX)

Belize, Belizes (BZ)

Cannes, France (CN)

Forest of Dean, UK (FD)

Sennen, UK (SE)

Oslo, Norway (OS)