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Adam Ondra nearly stroked my dog !
He must be really focused to ignore a dog as cute as Alfie !Well it's been a while and quite a bit has happened really.I've been mad busy with work, DIY, family and planning for the move to Spain. Mrs...
View ArticleDefeat from the jaws of victory
Rain stopped play at carrock on Monday night and a comedy of errors ensued. I was as sick as a parrot when we got there and it rained cats and dogs for 10 mins soaking everything. Johnny had left his...
View ArticleTick list is going down !
Setting realistic goals is such an important part of improving in any sport. I still think 8a by the end of the year is realistic but trying to get 7c in this country, with my lifestyle here, was not...
View ArticleSing a Rainbow video
Sing a Rainbow from andrew mcvittie on Vimeo.As it says in the title. A vid i thought i'd lost when deleting stuff from my memory card. Found it last night so stuck it on here.
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Enough success it's time for some hard work
Mario testing the landing zoneThe ticklist has been going well with only one rain interrupted session missed. That meant i didn't get to the Bowderstone to do Crack Superdirect but I went to Kewick...
View ArticleMessy climbing
I read a post of Dave Mac's a while ago relating to how atheletes try to keep their lives 'clean' so they can focus on training/competing. The mess is the every day stuff that gets in the way and stops...
View ArticleVivo en Espana
It's been nearly 2 mths since i blogged and some good stuff has happened and some bad stuff has happened. I didn't want the blog sitting on what appears to be a negative post so thought i'd do a quick...
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It's time to get back to it
Well i've been in Spain a month now and things are finally settling down. Only one box stands between us and un packing freedom and we finally have a car. The internet is the last thing to sort but at...
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By 'eck it's hot
With afternoon temps hitting 46 celsius early ( ish ) visits to the crag were in order and even Alfie had to wear his sun hat.While Mario was over a great time was had visiting a couple of local crags...
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El Torcalita & Spanish ethics
Is a bouldering area just outside Malaga. It's described as steep and thuggy and it does what it says in the tin. There are 2 small caves, one of which has routes coming out of it, and the other has...
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High mountain bouldering
Imagine a place with over 600 boulder problems. Now imagine it's set half way up the highest mountain in the area, which is 1800 metres a.s.l. Now imagine there is a car park right in front of it so...
View ArticleNew video of old stuff
Finally got round to up loading a vid to vimeo as we've now got proper internet.It's of my last week in the Lakes and shows Langdale + the Bowderstone.Langdale Boulders and Bowderstone from andrew...
View ArticleAppearances can be deceptive
I was bouldering at my usual spot beneath Mt Chamoz the other day when i bumped into my chubby stoned friend. He had brought his son along this time, Antonio. Antonio is 13, spotty, skinny and looks...
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Life is good
A 6a + at YugoslaviaEasy bimble into a 6B. That was a shock.Well things finally seem to be coming together. Like buses i was waiting for ages and now two have come along at once. My friends in El...
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Strength or fitness - which is most important
Douggie on the start of Poema de RocaThis time last year i was getting ready to go to Kalymnos. I had spent literally hours of my life going round and round in circles doing circuits on a Bendcrete...
View ArticleOn-sight and Redpointing - lessons learnt.
Since my last post i have been trying ( and failing ) to on-sight 7a. I have only tried 3 and got 2 of them 2nd go. The 3rd ( Arabesque ) i only had chance for one try on. I've been having a good hard...
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Time flies !
Andy T on Rock the Kasbah 7bShocked to see it's been nearly 2 mths since i last posted. Xmas seems to have got in the way as has life in general. I don't seem to have the time to sit and type of an...
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Things are slowly coming together
Another 7a on-sight failed. I still smiled when i got it 2nd go though.Well it's been another 2 months since my last post. I can't follow blogs where people waffle on about every time they go out or...
View ArticleReal progress at last !
Well i finally climbed a 7b. Tomohawk at my local crag, Villanueva De Cauche, which was nice. I'd been on it on a top rope once before following Ale, a very tall, very dynamic, climbers beta and...
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The comeback kid !
Well it's been nearly 6 mths to the day without a blog. Basically it's gone like this:Lack of psyche following breaking through into a new gradeelbow tendonitis = 6 weeks off any hard climbingSummer =...
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