George Cave

Hoher Göll

The west face of Hoher Göll is a stunning rock amphitheatre with a simple approach and long, sparsely bolted lines. A huge section of late-season snow made our approach to Jubiläumsweg particularly exciting, with the bottom pitch or more completely buried, and a large bergschrund to get lost inside. We were probably the first on it this season, given the amount of loose rock and dirt, but due to all our lost time we managed only half the route before abbing down.

Pink Wall Traverse

My final day of climbing in Bristol before moving to Salzburg, and who better to share it with than the Avon Gorge's resident expert - Mr chickin' flippin' dippers, pumped like a lilo, I'm so weak, no worries chicken curry Steve Gibbs. After warming up on a rather damp Fossible, we headed to the sunshine on Main Wall for a combo of The Corner followed by Pink Wall Traverse. A beautiful day, with the roads closed for Peaceful Portway making communication between the many teams on the crag a breeze. Steve's delight at bagging himself yet another leaderboard point was clearly evident.

Tajikistan Muzkol Expedition

Two weeks spent trying to climb a long, unclimbed ridgeline in a cool little valley in central Tajikistan. Challenging climbing at above 5000m that resulted in several new routes but the complete traverse remains to be claimed!

More information can be found at www.muzkol2015.co.uk

North Wales Rock

Al and I began the weekend at Cyrn Las, ticking Main Wall after an awkward start going off-route within the first few metres. On Sunday the rock dried fast so we first climbed Superdirect (perhaps more appropriately named Not-so-direct) on Milestone and then whizzed around to the Pass for a trip up Nexus. Many thanks to Jack Geldard, who's typo had listed the third pitch as 4b. The hand traverse felt a little more spicy than that.

E1 at Dinas Cromlech

To cap off the weekend, a good lead from Al up the corner followed by my first E1 in quite some time with Cemetery Gates. We were somewhat humbled to watch a couple of lads ticking almost every route on both walls, but otherwise a brilliant weekend of climbing in North Wales.

Llanberis Enchainment

We planned to complete an enchainment of four routes across the southern side of the Llanberis Pass. A late start due to rain meant we began on a slippery, dripping first pitch of The Cracks. Slow Ledge Climb followed and we missed a route on Cyrn Las to finish with Gambit Climb and Reade's Route. All were brilliant, including Reade's where I ran two and a half pitches together before the rope went taut!