Adrian's Photoblog

This is the summit of Tryfan...the two stones on it's summit known as Adam and Eve. The challenge is not only to climb onto them, but to leap between them, and back. This guy was on the summit when we were and slipped on landing...and sat reflecting on his near miss situation before climbing down the stone.

Chris, Dominic, and I went for a trip up to North Wales and Chris had the chance to climb Tryfan after a 35 year interval since he did it when he were a lad...and he did it, though as always, reaching the summit is only half the battle - the relentless steep descent is gruelling..!!

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Neil and Clare came down for 3 nights and Dee and I had a fun trip out to Swanage with them on a rather damp and chilly August day. This is Neil impressively poised on a 6b+, which Clare subsequently re-led in spite of oncoming wind and drizzle. I struggled up on a tight rope and few rests...there is much practice to be done.

Had another fine day out at Portland, this time with John and Jonathan. This is me climbing 'Brace yourself Sheila', a grade 5 with a hard pull to finish...in keeping with the expectation of the route name...:-)

Note the shiny new helmet...never bothered with such stuff when I was young, but funny how when you have less life left, you seem to feel you have more to lose..

More pics if you click on the title, including some good shots of Fallen Slab and John leading a 6a+