Cycling across Europe
Trying and inevitably failing to sum up my three month cycle trip into a snappy sound bite for curious colleagues has debatably been more...
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Akaash
Aug 16, 20162 min read
How do you like your stake?
Ever seen one of these? I was away sea cliff climbing recently and found this stake. It was the only anchor in place and it would have...
Akaash
Nov 9, 20154 min read
A Trip to Thailand
A Trip to Thailand by Rob Morgan With darkness and cold setting in, I’ve been reminiscing about warmer times.. Back in August, Win and I...
Akaash
Oct 19, 201510 min read
It’s Grim up North
It’s Grim up North A moderately successful trip to Arctic Norway by Dave Beynon The Fort William of the North “You have taken me to Fort...
Akaash
Sep 7, 20154 min read
Two weeks in the Swiss Alps
After numerous changes of plan thanks to the conditions and a very last minute change of partner, I was finally in Bristol airport...
Akaash
Aug 21, 201311 min read
The Munros
The sky is dark and wet snow is in the air. It is Sunday the 16th January 2011 and I have just walked into the Drovers Inn on the banks...
Akaash
Mar 27, 20117 min read
Take a walk on the wild side
As I drove down the A9 towards Perth on a lovely sunny autumn evening I felt rather pleased about the trip that was now drawing to a...
Akaash
Mar 20, 20117 min read
A beginners guide to the art of seconding
You’ve completed a top-roping course and the climbing bug has bitten. You’re dedicated and spend many evenings at the local indoor wall,...
Akaash
Mar 20, 20115 min read
Wild Camping
When asked to write a piece about wild camping I was unsure whether to take it as a compliment or a slur. To many, it is a dirty word;...
Akaash
Mar 20, 20114 min read
Rob’s five favourite Avon Gorge climbs
I lived in London because I was born there. I started climbing in 1992 and after few years I realised that I never belonged in London. So...
Akaash
Mar 20, 20118 min read
Snowdon, the hard way
This article is more about Michaela Bray’s first time up a mountain of any distinction, and for this momentous occasion she chooses non...
Akaash
Mar 20, 20117 min read
New kid on the rock
A breezy day in May that carries with it ozone from a restrained sea. I sit on a beach of pebbles feeling their shape and texture with my...
Akaash
Mar 20, 20118 min read
Between a rock and a Hard Severe place
Well I guess it all started on July 24th 1999 with the splendidly named Mr Bender and I swear to God that is his surname. Anyway I was a...
Akaash
Mar 20, 20117 min read
Pass the yak dung, it’s cold!
‘Good morning! Tea, coffee?’ I wrestle with the draw strings to get out of my sleeping bag. ‘What do you want?’ I enquire to the cocoon...
Akaash
Mar 4, 20116 min read
Rob Horler’s Scottish Adventures
It’s 8 am on Saturday the 15th of January and I’m looking out of my window in the Tyndrum Lodge hotel at the near horizontal rain lashing...
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