I've forgotten the name of this route but I haven't the level of pump - Pembroke never disappoints after all...

January 5, 2013 / 2 comments

Goodbye 2012 – despite the rain you’ve been a fantastic year…

I feel like I got a lot of waffling out of my system in my previous blog so I’ve decided to keep it simple – sit back, relax, and enjoy the pretty pictures…

Paul Sass having just left the subterranean pitch on Scorpion, Carn Etchagan
Paul Sass having just left the subterranean pitch on Scorpion, Carn Etchagan
Paul Sass surveying the Loch Avon basin, not a bad place to go climbing on such a good day...
Paul Sass surveying the Loch Avon basin, not a bad place to go climbing on such a good day…
Anarchy on the final night of the BMC International Winder Meet
Anarchy on the final night of the BMC International Winder Meet

 

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Canada – a country that really does get its fair share of snow

 

 

Nick Bullock finding yet another WI6 classic easy on Nemesis, Stanley Headwall, Canada
Nick Bullock finding yet another WI6 classic easy on Nemesis, Stanley Headwall, Canada
Nick Bullock looking wild on the top pitch of Call of the Curtain on the Icefields Parkway, Canada
Nick Bullock looking wild on the top pitch of Call of the Curtain on the Icefields Parkway, Canada
Nick Bullock about to complete the trio of classic routes on The Trophy Wall, Banff, Canada
Nick Bullock about to complete the trio of classic routes on The Trophy Wall, Banff, Canada
I've forgotten the name of this route but I haven't the level of pump - Pembroke never disappoints after all...
I’ve forgotten the name of this route but I haven’t the level of pump – Pembroke never disappoints after all…
Questing into bold terrain on Supernatural (E5), Tophet Wall
Questing into bold terrain on Supernatural (E5), Tophet Wall
Adam Booth on the stunning Prana in Borrowdale, this is about as good as E3 gets (and what a backdrop!)
Adam Booth on the stunning Prana in Borrowdale, this is about as good as E3 gets (and what a backdrop!)
George Ulrich 'going upside down' on George Smith's masterpiece ' The Flytrap Roof'
George Ulrich ‘going upside down’ on George Smith’s masterpiece ‘ The Flytrap Roof’
Getting massively pumped on the sportingly graded Neb Direct, Tremadog
Getting massively pumped on the sportingly graded Neb Direct, Tremadog
The A - Team underneath Pentire Head, Cornwall
The A – Team underneath Pentire Head, Cornwall
Pentire Head, home to Darkinbad the Brightdayler and Black Magic - two of the best E5s I've ever done
Pentire Head, home to Darkinbad the Brightdayler and Black Magic – two of the best E5s I’ve ever done
Behemoth at Guernard's Head, a great route to end a great day (on a great trip) - GREAT!
Behemoth at Guernard’s Head, a great route to end a great day (on a great trip) – GREAT!
Team Ceuse underneath...Ceuse... Not a shit crag!
Team Ceuse underneath…Ceuse… Not a shit crag!
Angel Dust 7a+ - one of the many super classic routes climbed throughout a utterly fantastic trip
Angel Dust 7a+ – one of the many super classic routes climbed throughout a utterly fantastic trip
Duncan about to fluff the onsight at the end of Medicine Douche, Ceuse
Duncan about to fluff the onsight at the end of Medicine Douche, Ceuse
Prayer Flags
Nepal – a stunning country that I have dreamed of visiting for many years
Jack's first impression of what we'd let ourselves in for
Jack’s first impression of what we’d let ourselves in for
Jack Geldard assessing the safety levels on Peak 41 (verdict - it's not!!)
Jack Geldard assessing the safety levels on Peak 41 (verdict – it’s not!!)
Alive and well in Kathmandu after many, many weeks in a tent...
Alive and well in Kathmandu after many, many weeks in a tent…
Gwen Lancashire on the immaculate Red Rocket (6c+) at the perma-ish-dry Wright's Rock in the Churnet Valley
Gwen Lancashire on the immaculate Red Rocket (6c+) at the perma-ish-dry Wright’s Rock in the Churnet Valley
Duncan Campbell cleaning his boots after landing in the middle of a swamp
Duncan Campbell cleaning his boots after landing in the middle of a swamp
Calum Muskett avoiding the rain underneath Jerry's Roof in the Llanberis Pass
Calum Muskett avoiding the rain underneath Jerry’s Roof in the Llanberis Pass

 

 

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Rob Greenwood

My name is Rob Greenwood. I am an active climber, runner, and mountaineer based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. I moved to the Bangor, North Wales in 2002 to study a BSc in Psychology. Upon graduating I was left with the intimidating prospect of getting a ‘proper’ job somewhere but didn’t wish to leave the area. Fortunately I wasn’t that employable to do anything sensible so I ended up spending four years working at Joe Brown’s Climbing Shop in Llanberis. From there I moved on to climbing hardware manufacturer DMM as North Area Sales Representative. In between the non-stop glamour of life on the road I managed to get out climbing in a wide variety of styles in many different places across the world. I am now Advertising Manager for UKClimbing.

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  1. Adam Booth January 30, 2013 — 10:08 pm

    Cool pics Rob. I didn’t know you’d got pics of prana… did you get any of me mid lob?! Ad

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      Rob Greenwood January 31, 2013 — 9:11 pm

      Hey Adam,

      I got a few of you in a very similar position to this, you were there for some time after all 😉 Unfortunately I didn’t get any of the fall itself, although I do find this slightly strange since that too went on for a long, long time!

      Shall we make some more bank holiday plans for 2013?

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