
Note – 2026-01-09 13:45
Ran a short rope protection and security course for some hill walking and scrambling friends of mine today. Included improvised harnesses, Italian hitch, clove hitch, assisted hoist, anchors, rappelli...
Grumpy old mountain man living in Spain

Ran a short rope protection and security course for some hill walking and scrambling friends of mine today. Included improvised harnesses, Italian hitch, clove hitch, assisted hoist, anchors, rappelli...
Cerro Torre Winter Solo - Colin Haley Wonderful report from one of the world's leading mountaineers on probably the toughest winter mountain to solo climb. Respect https://colinhaley.com/cerro-torre-w...
Via Ferrata Lentegi. As soon as we heard about this new via ferrata near the village of Lentegi we just had to go and check it out. This video is an hour and a half of adrenaline rush combined into 2...

Did the very entertaining Via Ferrata at Castala yesterday with Dexter and Felipe. Ladders, walkways, balance bar, Tyrolean traverses, wire bridges, pendulums. Also 2 abseils - 18m and 30m. Lots of fu...

Thanks to my mate Felipe for persuading me to rock climb after an absence of about 10 years! We did the marvellous 5 pitch Espolon Cerro del Toro outside Motril. I felt really comfortable apart from t...

A few images from the Tajos Campanario ridge in Spain's Sierra Nevada today. Some hard neve on sheltered slopes made for a great crampon ascent. By the time we came to the steep descent gully the snow...
Just treated myself to the new Motorola Defy Satellite Link. Seems like a great cost effective, simple to use, add-on device for the day hiker/ climber/ cyclist / remote worker on land who are simply...