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Boulder Britain by Niall Grimes
You know the fella, Niall Grimes, works at the BMC coalface hewing guidebooks from the very living rock. Well, who’d have thought that while producing prize winning guides, he’d also find the time for a personal project so immense you can see it from space. There are books I’ve reviewed in the past and described […]
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A question of climbing
Have you seen this man? No? Do you want to? Probably not! But don’t let that put you off seeing him put fiendish questions to Lucy Creamer, Niall Grimes, Steve McClure, Dave Turnbull, Sam Whittaker and Jack Geldard. A Question of Climbing will be non-stop piss taking from the moment the curtain goes up interspersed […]
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Stanage favourite five, no, seven….
The right honourable Nail Grimes asked me to come up with my favourite five Stanage routes for the 2007 guide. For some reason, I did seven. Still, maths never was my strong suit…. Taurus Crack HS 4c “Nice little warm-up, “ says the missus, “only hard severe.” Treacherous things, grades. Never trust ‘em. Sweating and […]
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Jerry Moffatt – Revelations
Climbing literature is a bizarre genre. The general public crave details of the latest D-list celebrity snow plod to the summit of yet another desecrated, litter strewn Himalayan peak. Alternatively they want to hear about a near death experience or a litany of death and misery associated with the Eiger or K2. Frankly, much climbing […]