some fun pic and what i have been upto.

Climb Newcastle Birthday

Well Climb Newcastle was a year old yesterday. Been and interesting and at time very hard year, but all in all well worth it.

Yesterday we had a comp and an nice after party,today i get to rest after a busy week. And before next weeks meeting and then a full on week of setting.

Not so lucky

Well after 2 weeks of hard training doing everything open handed in hopes of doing New base line. It was not to be with on day one waking up with a bad cold, so bad that i rebooked my fights and did not climb, suz had 3 days of action before are early return. Which i am sure you can find out more from her blog.

So its back to work, with lots of training and coaching session booked in the next few weeks. But now fixed on getting some hard ticks in this winter. So i guess the big news is that i have started using a new produced in my training, it seems to be having a great effect on my recover rate. More about it very soon

Having Fun

Well been a busy summer, but winter and the bouldering season is just around the corner. Last week me and Suz were out in swiss. Having fun in Magic Woods, its been a couple of year since i have been and things have changed so many more people the camp site has wooden building not sure why, not sure if its for the best. However we still had a good time i did River Bed which i tried last time i was out and really the last thing i wanted to do, However since doing that early in the trip i start playing on New Baseline which i am hoping to go back and do later in the month. Suz also as ever climbing well, doing a couple of 7c with ease. Then she got suck into Free for all doing in a couple of session. However the 6 days on, did have an effect on are bodies. Suz has hurt her shoulder and after a physio and a vist to the doctor to get strong pain killers it looks to be healing a little. And i just feel old but then again there might be a reason for that.

Free For All

River Bed

New Bridges

Magic Woods

Back

Well rockland seems along time ago, Since i returned to the uk i have been working hard and training hard as well. 

I got my new shoe from scarpa on thursday so look forward to getting them out and about. Today i finished painting climb newcastle so its all colourful.

Rocklands

Well i am sitting in the airport having returned from Rocklands South Africa, and about to go to an outdoors trade show in germany. 

Me, Suz and Smith were in Rocklands for the past 16 days. I have to say that it was one of the best climbing trip i have ever been on.  

Rocklands has some of the best looking lines i have seen. The bouldering was so 

varied on some of the best and most featured sandstone, i have climbing on. 

Well it fare to say that we filled are boots on the trip with us just having the one full rest day. I think that the best send of the trip was by Suz doing her first 8a+ Tea with elmarie. Suz normally climbs well with in her power range. So it was good to watch her push her self.

 As for Smith it was his first trip away since setting up the City Bloc in Leeds Did Armed Response  8b. But think he was more than happy just to be out climbing on the great blocs in the sun.

 

As for me well its been over a year since i got to the keys to the building that is Climb Newcastle. In that time i have been on several trips but this felt like the first one that i was not thinking about work and able to get down to the climbing.  All in all i had a great time climbing, doing most thing i tired in a session, do lots of bloc up to 8b. Will be booking my flights back very soon.

 

Tea with Elmarie 8a+

Armed Response 8b

Green Mamba 8b

You Tube Vids coming soon

Light Camera Action

Well been a busy week or so, training hard for south africa. Been back to queens with chris and have some good attempts on my project. but then i spend the next couple of session out side, with suz at the woods or out doing photos with Mark for his book. Really interesting going back on things for photos very hard work but, i think taking the pics is much harder.