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Climbing Information
Here are some links to information about my climbing activities. I have been climbing since 1971.
An important question is whether or not the climbing bunny is happy?
Visit the climbing Bunny
In the 1970s and 80 a lot of my climbing was in Yorkshire or in the Lake District in the UK.
Some of the 1970s climbing is well-documented in Chris Hamper's excellent autobiography which may be found at
Chris Hamper
The part describing the University of Leeds is pages 43-66
Some later activities in the 1980a are described in Tony Burnell's article in the Fell and Rock Journal
Well Oiled Machine
An out of print book Extreme Rock has a number of articles and pictures that talk about the climbing I did with a small group of friends.
Extreme Rock Fragment
A lot of my climbing was in the Lake District in the UK. Here's one article written by Steve Crowe about one cliff I spent some time at
Dove Crag
A recent book about the history of climbing on Scafell in the English Lake District has a good description of Lake District Climbing:
Nowt but a fleein thing
Here's the cover and a picture taken by Al Phizacklea of one of the routes that I did the first ascent of.
A similar picture is the frontispiece of the book.
This climb was rated on UK climbing as one of the best in its grade in the United Kingdom.
Best E6s in the UK?
A summary of these activities appeared in the book World Mountaineering edited by Audrey Salkeld
Scafell Summary
Recent Routes here in the US are on Mountain Projects
Bear Creek Idaho
Echo Canyon Mill Creek
An ancient TV clip and a more recent Youtube clip below shows some of the kind of climbing I did in the UK in Yorkshire.
Movies
Climbing pictures
Pictures
Climbing Articles
Articles
Maintained by Martin Berzins. Last modified 2014 . . .