Christmas Break!!!

20/12/2011

 
It's been a super busy year, but it's nearly Christmas and I'm work free until just the week after New Years. I will be off up to Scotland to get in some quality winter days in preperation for my Winter ML.

Had a good final day of the year with tha Manor students today on Hawk's Tor, followed by our Christmas meal.

Recently I have been mixing it up a bit with a days sunny sport climbing on Portland and a couple of days making the most of the snow in North Wales.

Below is a picture of one of the students doing a little stomach traverse in homage to Dave Macleod's free ascent of "The Longhope Route"
 

Windy & Wet in Cornwall

09/12/2011

 
_I've had a very busy but very productive and enjoyable week with the students at the Manor.

We've been to Roche Rock, Sennen, The Dewerstone and Bodmin Moor this week.

The students have been getting to grips with setting up top ropes, bottom ropes, abseils and performing rescues as well. The Dewerstone was nice and sheltered after being battered by the wind, rain and waves at Sennen the day before!

A very good week.

Outside of work I've been climbing a bit including more on the slate at Llanberis, a trip to Avon Gorge and I'm off sport climbing to Portland tomorrow.