Treading the fine line between Scrambling and Rock Climbing
Exploring that potentially dangerous but gloriously confusing grey zone where scrambling and rock climbing overlap
Tag: mountaineering
Note – 2026-07-30 08:52
Some snaps from this week's "Arista del Campanitas" scramble. Feeling inspired, I'm drafting a blog titled "Treading the Fine Line Between Scrambling and Rock Climbing" — exploring that gloriously con...
Note – 2026-07-29 10:24
Shows an ascent of Veleta in Spain's Sierra Nevada mountains via the scrambling route "Arista de Campanitas"
Note – 2026-07-29 07:01
What a day yesterday. Lasting memories of that one for sure. Las Campanitas ridge to Veleta. A complex, dramatic route done without fuss or drama. Here's one with Linda at the summit of Salón 3325m wi...
Note – 2026-05-22 14:38
Congratulations to British mountaineer, Kenton Cool who has quietly and without fuss just made his 20th ascent of Everest. More Everest summits than any non-Sherpa ever. I remember us rock climbing w...
Note – 2026-04-20 13:23
13 years ago to the day ... caught in a blizzard in deepest, darkest Kamchatka. Fortunately the relative safety of base camp wasn't far away
Note – 2026-02-18 07:12
At stake is the question of when personal judgement and risk-taking become a matter of criminal liability. If the climber is found guilty it could mean "a paradigm shift for mountain sports", says Aus...
Note – 2026-01-30 14:31
Came across this wonderful image from Arctic photographer, Martin Hartley, which shows me skiing up from base camp on Klyutchevskoy Sopka. The mountain had started erupting before we arrived and the v...
Note – 2025-12-31 09:57
Looking at this photo, now I realise that it's about time I got off my rear end and headed up into those lovely white snows. It's the best early season snowfall for quite some time, maybe 5+ years? Go...
Note – 2025-12-17 08:34
Some of the most insane mountain photography ever from this amazing winter ascent of Cerro Torre by Colin Haley https://colinhaley.com/cerro-torre-winter-solo/
Note – 2025-10-11 10:23
Just starting to excited about heading back to Patagonia. Only 3 weeks to go until we head out and get back to scenes such as this from 2014 on the western side of the Cerro Torre massif. Better start...
Note – 2025-09-14 20:05
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...
Note – 2025-08-21 07:22
Cool day on Veleta yesterday! Took the classic Paco Pepe route (4+) but decided to spice things up. After 1st 4 pitches, traversed R along the narrow & exposed Paso de Lagarto to the Variante Silvia (...
Note – 2025-02-17 15:01
My new boots have arrived & I'm like a little kid with a new toy! I wanted a lightweight boot for late spring, early summer multi day treks. Had to be stiff enough to take a C1 crampon as I didn't wan...
Note – 2025-01-31 14:48
Cerro Torre, 1959: One of Mountaineering’s Most Disputed Ascents https://explorersweb.com/cerro-torre-1959-one-of-mountaineerings-most-disputed-ascents/
Note – 2024-09-29 12:10
Colin Haley climbing the Supercaneleta on Mount Fitzroy (Chalten). This guy is amazing and this self shot record of his ascent shows the commitment, skill and dedication required for winter mountainee...
Note – 2024-08-27 15:16
Exciting news. I'm going back to the Dolomites for a week at the end of September as I feel there is some unfinished business. This time, instead of just trekking, we are aiming to do 6 high level Via...
Note – 2024-02-20 18:53
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...
Note – 2024-01-16 17:37
Practice day on crampons and ice axe for us today. No matter how often you have done this, it's still good to practice. Enjoyable too. Coming up the slopes out of the Barranco de San Juan, Sierra Neva...