How To Practise Your Personal Climbing Skills At Home

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How To Practise Your Personal Climbing Skills At Home

In these COVID-19 days, you may find yourself with more spare time than you’ve ever had before. Add in the amazing weather we’ve been having, and the result is a good deal of frustration at not being able to get out on the crags. We’ll all be straight out there as soon as the current restrictions are lifted, so it’s really important to keep our skills current for when we’ll need them. Here are a few ways you can practise your personal climbing skills without leaving the house.

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What's Not To Love About Home-Made Hill Food?

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What's Not To Love About Home-Made Hill Food?

[GUEST POST] There has never been a better time to be baking. Be it bread, brownies, flapjacks or anything else you feel like throwing together and putting in the oven, baking is a way of being creative, providing an ideal opportunity to share your inventions with others, both on the hill or left on the doorstep of your neighbour alike.

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Top Tips For A Family Trip To Fontainebleau

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Top Tips For A Family Trip To Fontainebleau

[GUEST POST] Over the years I have had many a good trip to the boulders of the Fontainebleau Forest which is around 50km south of Paris. Over recent years I have been over to climb there with my children and have found it is a great place for all abilities. My kids have particularly enjoyed the bouldering circuits, which involve a series of bouldering problems of a similar grade linked together with arrows and dots of coloured paint. This style of bouldering circuits started in the mid 20th century and I have found that the White Children’s Circuit has been a great place to start.

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My Favourite Climbing Helmet: the Petzl Meteor (And How To Choose A New Helmet)

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My Favourite Climbing Helmet: the Petzl Meteor (And How To Choose A New Helmet)

I have never got on very well with climbing helmets, so this is a review from someone who would really rather not wear one. My first helmet was a Joe Brown fiberglass bowl, which was really strong and would probably still pass all the safety tests today. However, it was heavy and not very comfortable. I had a few other helmets over the years, but didn’t like any of them very much.

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Managing Risk in the Mountains #3: Ten Principles for Taking & Reviewing Risk

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Managing Risk in the Mountains #3: Ten Principles for Taking & Reviewing Risk

According to Merriam-Webster, risk is “the possibility of loss or injury, or someone or something that creates or suggests a hazard.” As a society we are becoming increasingly risk-adverse, but any mountain adventure involves risk to some degree. It can be argued that taking risks can add to the enjoyment and sense of achievement. So how do we decide what is acceptable risk-taking? These ten principles have been adapted from the Authorised Professional Practice of the College of Policing.

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