The Welsh Slate Quarries
Slate is a technical rock with most roots not requiring much power though good footwork and finger strength is essential. The gear is a mixture between natural gear and bolts, the natural gear rages from bomb proof to very suspect. This is because slate splits very easily along lines cleavage. The bolts also range in quality from roots that have been re bolted with new resin bolts, to ones who’s bolts have been around and abused … Read entire article »
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Llyn Peninsula Grit (yes! there is some)
The Llyn Peninsula is known for it’s climbing on sea cliffs, but not for grit stone. You can find some at Rhiw (between Aberdaron and Abersoch). This is a small crag that gives an interesting day out, there are no confirmed routs though I believe that everything has been done at one time or other. We found most were solo’s although you might want to top rope some of the problems first. Note: – Access rights … Read entire article »
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Peak District
The grit stone of the Peak District can provide some very hard climbing, with some of the hardest routes in the world found there. But it also can offer some great days out, where you go along the crags with a group of friends, solo climbing 30 to 50 routes in a day with minimal risk and have a lot of fun. Ramshaw Rocks is one of these lines of crags where I did 32 routs … Read entire article »
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