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| Ice Falls on the way towards Dale Head summit |
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| Summit view from Dale Head over Catbells, Maiden Moor and High Spy |
This month I completed 10 more Wainwrights;
Wasdale Head, 3 days, 3 Wainwrights
9 years ago
Saturday, 13 April 2013
April - Dale Head, Lake District
Thursday, 4 April 2013
March 2013 - Countryside Leadership, Chiltern Hills
2013, my 4th year of blogging about my outdoor pursuits, approx. once a month, sometimes on mountains, therefore my 4th year of (sort of) 'mountain a month'!
Although I didn't realise it when I set it up in 2010, this blog has suddenly become very handy indeed. I have recently taken on running the 'Duke of Edinburgh' award scheme at my school, and as a result I need to complete the necessary qualification in order to safely take groups of pupils out into the 'wilds'! Back in February I completed my outdoor first aid training course, and now I am in the process of completing my 'countryside leadership award'. Part of this is keeping a log of all my outdoor pursuits over the last few years, so it's very handy to have it all recorded here on my Blog for reference!
In March I completed my 'Countryside Leadership Award' training in the Chiltern hills. It was wet. It was windy. The course included daytime and night time navigation skills, and to be honest despite a few years of experience walking in the mountains I was able to pick up a few tricks and tips which I wasn't aware of from a navigational perspective.
Looking forward to completing the rest of the training so I can be fully qualified to take the pupil on their DofE practice hike in June!
Although I didn't realise it when I set it up in 2010, this blog has suddenly become very handy indeed. I have recently taken on running the 'Duke of Edinburgh' award scheme at my school, and as a result I need to complete the necessary qualification in order to safely take groups of pupils out into the 'wilds'! Back in February I completed my outdoor first aid training course, and now I am in the process of completing my 'countryside leadership award'. Part of this is keeping a log of all my outdoor pursuits over the last few years, so it's very handy to have it all recorded here on my Blog for reference!In March I completed my 'Countryside Leadership Award' training in the Chiltern hills. It was wet. It was windy. The course included daytime and night time navigation skills, and to be honest despite a few years of experience walking in the mountains I was able to pick up a few tricks and tips which I wasn't aware of from a navigational perspective.
Looking forward to completing the rest of the training so I can be fully qualified to take the pupil on their DofE practice hike in June!
Tuesday, 9 October 2012
October - Ard Crags, Lake District
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| Sunrise at approx 581m |
This month I completed 7 more Wainwrights;
Monday, 10 September 2012
August - Anica Kuk, Paklenica National Park, Croatia
The summit of Anica Kuk stands at a rather modest 712 meters, yet getting there was one of the biggest challenges of my mountain loving life so far, and this is because 320 of those meters we climbed vertically!
Summiting Anica Kuk was the epic finale to an awesome climbing holiday in Paklenica National Park, Croatia, a climbers paradise! Leading up to the day we climbed Anica Kuk we spent 7 days climbing single and multipitch sports climbs elsewhere in the national park, bagging over 25 routes including my first outdoor 6a.
Anica Kuk itself was a 14 hour epic (with 10 of those hours spent on the 320 meter vertical section) which took us up 13 pitches over two routes named "Saleski" and "Brid za veliki cekic". I can't put into words the feeling of arriving at the top of my first "serious" multi-pitch... but as always I hope to let the pictures do the talking...
Summiting Anica Kuk was the epic finale to an awesome climbing holiday in Paklenica National Park, Croatia, a climbers paradise! Leading up to the day we climbed Anica Kuk we spent 7 days climbing single and multipitch sports climbs elsewhere in the national park, bagging over 25 routes including my first outdoor 6a.
Anica Kuk itself was a 14 hour epic (with 10 of those hours spent on the 320 meter vertical section) which took us up 13 pitches over two routes named "Saleski" and "Brid za veliki cekic". I can't put into words the feeling of arriving at the top of my first "serious" multi-pitch... but as always I hope to let the pictures do the talking...
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| Bridging on the 4th pitch |
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| Looking down from the 4th pitch - approx. 120m up! |
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| Starting an exposed and balancy traverse at about 200m, pitch 6. |
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| 200m up on an exposed traverse. |
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| Climbers following us up on the pitch below |
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| 13 pitches and 10 hours later... but still some scrambling to go till the summit! |
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| Made it! A view we worked hard for! |
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| Anica Kuk in all it's vertical glory! |
Friday, 10 August 2012
July - Dolomites, Italy
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| Piz de Lec Summit View |
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| Sandro Pertini via Ferrata |
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| Marmolada (3344m) |
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| Dawn on Sassongher |
Thursday, 5 April 2012
April - Langdale Pikes
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| Near the summits of the Langdale Pikes after overnight snowfall. More here: http://mrpinswainwrights.blogspot.co.uk/ |
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