http://climbers.net/photos/ Climbing photography & Web site design. weekly 3 2010-02-12T10:07+00:00 2010-02-12T10:07+00:00 Copyright (c) 2010 Climbers.net Climbers.net (mailto:webmaster@climbers.net) http://climbers.net/photos/Masters-Edge-February-2010 2010-02-12T00:00+00:00 Does any climb deserve a gallery all to itself? When the climb is the classic bold arete of Master's Edge (E7 6c) at Millstone then the answer is most definitely yes! Fog, drizzle, and soaking wet cracks and holds made most routes deeply uninspiring, but the weather couldn't dampen the... (53 photos)]]> http://climbers.net/photos/BMC-Roaches-2009-guidebook 2009-12-03T00:00+00:00 This is a significant update to the ground-breaking 2004 guidebook to the Roaches area of the Peak District. It covers 1,600 routes and 800 boulder problems. You can buy a copy of the guide at the BMC website. (3 photos)]]> http://climbers.net/photos/PositiveClimbing-Froggatt-2009 2009-10-30T00:00+00:00 I recently joined Adrian Berry of positiveclimbing.com and his clients Aine and Simon for a Peak Coaching Day at Froggatt Edge. It wasn't the most inspiring weather, but despite the rain an amazing amount of climbing got done, with the highlight being Aine's cool-headed lead of Three... (39 photos)]]> http://climbers.net/photos/ROCKFAX-Pembroke-2009-guide 2009-08-13T23:00+00:00 This glorious full-colour guidebook is packed with classic routes and all the wonderful features that you have come to expect from ROCKFAX. It is now twice the size of the old 1995 book. One of my photos made the shortlist for the front cover, but it was edged out by the excellent shot of... (5 photos)]]> http://climbers.net/photos/ROCKFAX-Western-Grit-2009-guide 2009-05-06T23:00+00:00 An update to the award-winning 2003 guidebook, this new edition has a host of improvements as well as including an extra 100 pages. It's the first time that a major guidebook has used one of my photographs on the front cover, and there are also a handful of shots inside the book. You can... (7 photos)]]> http://climbers.net/photos/Rjukan-Ice-2008 2008-12-29T00:00+00:00 Keen to visit Norway and start leading on ice, I saw an advert on UKClimbing for Northern Alpine Guides, a Norwegian guiding company run by Andreas Spak. The ice conditions were superb and I learnt a lot my week there. Conditions weren't ideal for good photography, but I still got some... (29 photos)]]> http://climbers.net/photos/Stanage-Plantation-December-2008 2008-12-07T00:00+00:00 I tend to take fewer photos during the British Winter, as there aren't as many days with good climbing weather. However when it is dry and sunny with very little wind, the quality of the climbing, and the Winter light, can be stunning. This is a gallery of photos I took on a busy Saturday... (28 photos)]]> http://climbers.net/photos/Roaches-Skyline 2008-11-28T00:00+00:00 This is a gallery shots of the Roaches Skyline area, mostly taken in November 2008, but there are a few older shots as well. The conditions for photography and for climbing were superb, but after a few hours of standing around at 1°C I realised I was definitely under-dressed, despite the... (44 photos)]]> http://climbers.net/photos/Kalymnos-October-2008 2008-10-30T00:00+00:00 I was lucky enough to spend an entire month in Kalymnos this year. I got in a good mixture of climbing, photography, running, sunbathing, and even some website work! Because I took so many photos, this gallery is split into two parts - this gallery and September 2008. (71 photos)]]> http://climbers.net/photos/Kinder-walking 2008-07-29T23:00+00:00 This gallery is of the Kinder plateau, and surrounding area of the Peak District. It is mostly walking and landscape images from some days out with my housemate Kate towards the end of 2007, but there are a couple of climbing shots squeezed in as well. It is hard to persuade climbers to... (26 photos)]]> http://climbers.net/photos/Rays-Roof-Baldstones 2008-06-18T00:00+00:00 This gallery records the 5th and 6th ever ascents of the compelling gritstone roof crack, Ray's Roof (E7 6c) at Baldstones in the Western Peak. Pete Whittaker (still only 17 years old) and Tom Randall both led the route within half an hour of each other. As we were packing up to go to the... (14 photos)]]> http://climbers.net/photos/South-Wales 2008-05-05T00:00+00:00 This gallery of climbing shots is from trips I made to Pembroke and The Gower during 2006 and 2007. I didn't get the camera out much, as I was mostly climbing. However I'm very pleased with the shots I took at Stennis Head, where some glorious weather coincided nicely with a foot injury... (48 photos)]]> http://climbers.net/photos/Welsh-landscapes 2008-04-17T00:00+00:00 This is a small gallery of Welsh landscapes that I've taken over a number of years, which I hope to add to in future (if it ever stops raining!) I don't consider myself a "landscape photographer", however occasionally I'm delighted with the results. Many of these were taken on a beautiful... (9 photos)]]> http://climbers.net/photos/Costa-Blanca-2008 2008-04-09T23:00+00:00 A short climbing trip to sunny Spain in April 2008 ended up without much climbing - Alicia had just had major ankle surgery, but could still climb overhangs if she didn't use her feet. My finger injuries were bad, but I was OK on slabs providing I didn't use my hands... The highlight of... (23 photos)]]> http://climbers.net/photos/Mallorca-2008 2008-03-30T00:00+00:00 A gallery of shots from a week climbing on Mallorca in March 2008 with Adam, Kate and Hazel. We saw some very impressive looking routes at S'estret and Tijuana, but none of us felt strong enough to get on them! We stayed in a luxurious apartment in Cala Millor which was unfortunately... (41 photos)]]>