Blogs for 2008
23 entries during this yearDecember 2008:
- For Sale - Lots of Canon SLR camera gear
Everything I'm selling here is in superb condition, with no faults or optical marks or scratches. Each item comes in original boxes, with manuals,... Photography - Great run in the wind & rain!
I was dragged out this morning in the freezing cold and driving rain to Firbeck village, just North of Worksop. My running partner, Alicia, has been... Running
- Second ascent of The Groove at Cratcliffe Tor
While out photographing some friends bouldering at Cratcliffe Tor, I was lucky enough to see visiting American Kevin Jorgeson doing the 2nd ascent... Photography - Mystery guidebook cover
I received some exciting news today that a major new guidebook may well be using one of my photos on the front cover!
I got a front cover... Photography - Forums search on UKClimbing
UKClimbing.com has always had a very efficient and fast design, but as the popular forums have got more and more busy, the database behind the... Web site design
- Video of climbing in Kalymnos
I've just come back from a whole month spent climbing & taking photographs on the Greek island of Kalymnos
I'll be uploading a gallery of the... Photography - Running & walking on Kalymnos
I'm currently staying on the beautiful Greek island of Kalymnos, and yesterday I tried out some of the walking (from the Kalymnos hiking map, €6 in... Running
- Major Upgrade to the UKC Logbooks
Let's start with some statistics: the UKC Logbook database has 94,400 routes on 8,500 crags across the World. The 5,400 users who have set up their... Web site design
- Moved to new server hardware
Over the last 3 months we've been hard at work moving all our web customers from our own server hardware (owned & managed by Climbers.net) to new,... Web site design - Broken and Lost!
I haven't had much luck with my camera gear this Summer
First up was my Canon 5D SLR. After a very successful photo shoot of Ray's Roof in... Photography
- Boycott the Beijing Olympics
I love sports, and I normally enjoy watching the Olympics and supporting the dedication of athletes in the UK and from all over the world. However... Green issues
- Exhibiting at Cliffhanger - 12/13th July, Sheffield
We're very excited to be exhibiting at Cliffhanger this year - an annual festival for outdoor people in Millhouses Park, Sheffield, 12th & 13th July... Photography - It's all gone dark!
The standard Climbers.net website is uses light colours, with plenty of white space. However some people prefer to view photography with black or... Photography
- Gear - Garmin Forerunner 50
I've resisted the urge to splash out on a fancy GPS-tracking/heart rate monitor/watch for several years now (most unlike me
) but I've finally... Running - Getting back into running
My running is very much stop/start unfortunately: a couple of months of regular running and then a few months off, either because of injury or a lack... Running
- New Rock climbing book for kids
Rock Climbing (Xtreme Sports) This is a short, colourful book aimed at children that was written by Kate Cooper ("gingerkate" on UKClimbing.com).... Photography - New peak district : climbing guidebook
Published this week is the new Vertebrate Outdoor guidebook to the Peak District. This guidebook features over 850 of the Peak District's best... Photography - PicLens - photographic slideshows
PicLens is a free browser add-on that allows for amazing full-screen browsing of photo galleries. From their website: "PicLens instantly... Web site design - UKClimbing site Classifieds
We have made a significant upgrade to the section of the site formerly known as 'Databases'. The Crags section has been moved to now be part of... Web site design
- New ROCKFAX Northern England
Published this month is the new ROCKFAX guidebook to Northern England - from Yorkshire Grit all the way up to Northumberland. The book is a... Photography - Costa Blanca climbing *without* photos?!
It does seem a bit odd to be adding this to my Photography blog, but I've just got back from an excellent week of rock climbing in the Costa Blanca... Photography
- Ice climbing in the Alps
This was only my second time ice climbing, and I booked onto the Jagged Globe Alpine Ice course, which is a 7 day course based in the Chamonix and... Photography - Camera gear: Canon SD870 IS
I've been working my way "up" Canon's digital SLRs in recent years - I started with a 300D, then a 20D, and last year a full-frame 5D. However... Photography
