An excellent day out walking along the Anglesey Coastal Path at Rhosneigr with beautiful views from the rock Cerrig y brain on the beach. No matter what the time of the year you can always walk on Anglesey. The coastal path is well worth paying a visit, it is absolutely stunning at the moment! Mountaineering […]
A weeks climbing in Spain on the Costa Blanca. We climbed at Calpe, enjoying the main west face Peñón de Ifach on the route Diedro UBSA. 10 pitches of pure exposure. The aim was to get to the top before the sun hit us. So we started the route before dawn and just got to […]
A great weekend out camping high on the south side of Snowdon. The weather came in while we were camping but clear when we broke camp. Despite this we had a good few days out in the mountains of Snowdonia.
A day out guiding on Dinas Mot in Llanberis Pass Snowdonia. A great day out on Rock climbing. We climbed the route Lorraine on the left hand side and then Western Slabs on the right. Both excellent multi pitch rock routes. The weather was excellent! Fancy getting out on to multi pitch routes? http://mountaineeringjoe.co.uk/rock-climbing-courses-snowdonia/
A perfect day out on all Snowdonia’s highest summits. The ultimate walk in Snowdonia covering the 14 peaks with the best views across Snowdonia. With perfect weather it was a joy. The walk requires a high level of fitness it has over 14,000 feet of height gain, which is walking Snowdon 6/7 times. The length […]
Father and daughter climbing together on multi-pitch routes in Cwm Idwal. They often go climbing together on single pitch climbs, but Patrick wanted to take his daughter Rosie climbing on multi-pitch routes. We spend the day looking at belay state management and teaching Rosie the techniques involves with Multi pitch climbing. We did the Ordinary […]
A great day walking on the Anglesey Coastal Path from Moel y Don along the strait up to the Menai suspension Bridge Passing in front of Plas Newydd at low tide, down through Plas Llanfair, under the Britannia Bridge with the train rattling over head on to Church Island and finishing at the Menai suspension […]
A day out multi pitch climbing on Clogwyn y Grochan. Sorting out rope skills for big mountaineering routes. First we climbed Brant Direct. This climb feels like it was never going to submit! It’s sustained with plenty of opportunity for climbing techniques like drop knees, bridging, hand and fist jamming. Just don’t put in too […]
A great day out on Snowdon. A family from Texas is cruising around the British isles and wanted a day out walking in Snowdonia. So we picked them up from Holyhead port at about 10 in the morning took them over to Snowdon and started the walk at Pen Y Pass. we walked up Snowdon […]
We will look at: 1.leading with appropriate rope systems for on multi pitch routes 2. Stance organisation. Location, preparation 3. Rope management 4. Belay systems 5. Abseiling 1. Leading with appropriate rope systems for on multi pitch routes Double vs Single vs twin ropes for routes 2. Stance Organisation Stance management is the general term […]