Exploring and learning while out on outdoor adventures.
Back in the spring of 1998, university life was still new enough to feel exciting, and climbing was fast becoming more than just a hobby. That year, the Warwick University Mountaineering Club (WUMC) trip to Swansea marked a turning point for me: my first experience of sea cliff climbing, my first abseil into a route …
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I was back at the New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, we were last here on the Cumbria Way and took the chance to sneak in a quick recce of Tarn Crag Ghyll. With the dry weather it was good to get a feel for the line and confirmed that I’m still not the biggest fan of wet …
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