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Sorry for the lack of content of late. If anyone has listened to my latest podcast you’ll know I’ve somehow got yet another child on the way. More…
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Someone emailed the other day asking what my opinion was on Camp Tri-Cams, having read something I’d published back in 2008, which was probably cut and…
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In all the din of attention grabbing social media shite, marketing and brands piggy backing on the back of climbing, and the outdoor lifestyle thing…
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Someone's got to write books, why not us?
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In the third part of my preview of On the Line, a book on top rope soloing (TRS), I move on from eccentric and rocker rope clamps, to lever arm devices…
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In this second part of my preview of On the Line, I move on from eccentric rope clamps, coving the less well known rocker arm device. Rocker Arm…
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I was asked by one of my foreign publishers for a list of five mountaineering books that meant something to me, plus a short description. Seeing as it…
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The following is part one of another chunk on my On the Line book, covering the tricky topic of top rope soloing (TRS). The following parts do not cover…
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Hi Andy, and sorry for the potentially very silly questions. I'm a beginner climber/mountaineer in the Carpathians, which, in winter, means a lot of…
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When I look at the state of my hallway, muddy boots piled up, I would be forgiven if I thought that the planet I live on was a ball of dirt, not rock…
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Is it time for climbers to start taking the buddy system seriously?
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How outdoor institutions destroy themselves
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