Stanage Vs Challenge.

Stanage VS Challenge (1989 Guide) ticklist

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We made a late start at around 10:30, four routes completed by 14:30. Very busy at Stanage edge today, had to wait each time for routes as they were already taken. Definitely a summer challenge, up at first light and run between routes.

Sunny Stanage Edge

First route is Deans on Heather Wall, Vs 4c **

Heather Wall Topo

Deans topped out with some nice gear placements.

Quick route check.

Waiting for this chap to move up then I can start, busy today.

Gargoyle Buttress Vs 4b **, my lead. Excellent route, the traverse start being the best move by far.

Dean just about to top out on Gargoyle Buttress.

Central Trinity

Dean leading Central Trinity Vs 4c **super route on polished cracks and hand jams.

Halfway point

Topo for Hargreaves Original.

Hargreaves Original

Me, high up on Hargreaves Original. Vs 4c Top 50 route loved every minute of it.

Roxcool Buff Selfie

Chilly on top

Storm clouds arriving, little Twitter picture showing the pending doom.

Coffee time

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The Plantation

Heading out to the Plantation at Stanage today, amazing weather.

The grip on the grit today is awesome, it's like Velcro. The cool wind is helping dry the rock giving it that super tactile feel.

Heading up from the car park towards the woodland area, beyond this is the Plantation. Commonly known as (Stanage Plantation) this area has seen some of the best names in climbing over the years. Ben Moon, Ron Fawcett, Johnny Dawes to name but a few.

First target of the day, the lone Boulder. Route choice varies from 4+ to 6a. Slab to overhang routes, great features and a great start to any trip out.

Gear up time..

Below is a video of the day's journey. Sometimes is not all about the climbing, but on occasions it's nice to see the start of the journey. So I've put together a video of the route taken through the fabulous Peak District National Park, arriving at Stanage and the walk up to the bouldering area. We hope you enjoy the video and find yourself compelled to book on one of our courses at,

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Stanage Plantation Video.

Watch and realise the possibilities. Climbing is about many things, one is the surroundings and all it has to offer. Please enjoy and share.

Tegness Pinnicle

Target the PINNACLE.

Tegness Pinnacle is a superb Pinnacle situated above Grindleford in the Peak District National Park.

There are some super routes on this quarried spire, with routes from Diff upto E grade status. The face route sits at HVS and the routes to the rear HVS and E1.

The route to the right is the start to a great adventure at an entry level of Difficult. A great start to any climbing day out.  There are several more routes in the quarry, but they havnt see much traffic over the years and have become fairly over grown.

So onto the Outside shop at Hathersage for coffee and cheesey chips. 

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Chips and coffee away, time to check out some routes at Stanage edge.

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Starting at the popular end we moved left working our way down the crag.

Santa in Xmas crack.

Misty over the crag tops.

Santa arrives at the Pinnacle.

Watch the video below for a better view of the Pinnacle.

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Bit of litter removal off the crag whilst we're there. Two things to remember when at the crag, 

Take home great memories.

Take home your litter.

Ready for removal.

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LitterGather

Windgather Rocks renamed, shamed by the litter.

Today up at Windgather rocks on the Cheshire Derbyshire border after a pleasant afternoons climbing session we had to remove un-wanted litter. Great shame this has to be dropped in the first place, got the guys to pick this up before we left. Always handy to keep a few carrier bags in the van to place it in. Lots of bottles and bags lying around in the field, beneath the crag and at the road side.

Not easy talk to a group about the environmental impacts associated with groups and individual climbers when the presentation place "Road Side" is covered in litter. So quick clean up and chat (Here endith the lesson).

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                                                                                               Windgather Rocks, dignity restored

Not a happy chappy, who dumped this Rubbish.

All roads

All roads lead to Yarncliffe.

So, Saturday saw a very wet and windy day arrive early in the morning here in the Peak District.
We headed out to look at new climbs and abseil routes for our courses. Go to www.peakathleteclimbing.co.uk for further details. Tweet us @peak_climb for further information or just to say hello.

First we visited Stoney Middleton to check out a super abseil point, great for groups. Then headed up to Yarncliffe Quarry, see video below.

Super stance and anchor point at Stoney middleton. Dean looking rather wet, Dean is one of our instructors at Peak Athlete Climbing.However never be put off by our weather, it holds great secrets especially when the woodlands come alive with wildlife and colour.

So off to Yarncliffe.

After Yarncliffe we headed over to Surprise View near Hathersage.

Super location for multi activity, climbing and abseiling.

Great for picnics, when dry.

Coffee time at the outside shop in Heathersage. 

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Justgiving

Justgiving makes all the difference.

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Mountain Rescue Video Lounge is raising money for MREW. Mountain rescue England and Wales are committed to the disaster in Cumbria.

Desmond or Masson

Well, storm Desmond is in full blow. Severe weather warning has been set for the Lake District and Wales inc 100 mph winds in the Peak District.

So, I reckon staying out of the lakes was a wise move. We headed off down to Masson Lees to get some training in for our trip to Norway in January 2016, just over a month away now.

The main ampretheatre.

Bolted route

The start of (Warm up route) M4.

Connecting the moves to make a smooth transition between holds.

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Fixing the bottom rope at the top of the route.

Looking back down at the belayer.

Foot placements on the way down

Great day out for all involved. Two routes run, with around three or four reps on each including a couple of leads.

Great way to get fit for winter mixed or ice routes.

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Feels like ground hog day

Curbar was the target for today's climbing session. Client today, John from the lowlands of Congleton.

Due to the high winds we've been experiencing, especially up here in the Peak District bottom roping looked the best choice. 

So Kayak which is graded E1 5b ** on lead just gets the 5b technical grade on bottom rope due to artificial protection in the way of placed gear not being required. The protection is replaced with a fixed anchor at the top, and a rope run out over the break to belay off.

Rope setup for the purpose of bottom roping, ie belaying your climber from the base of the crag.

John making the first technical foot placements onto thin edges before trending out right to the big push to one of the crux moves at around mid way.

Once at the top the climber can be lowered down to the ground in complete safety ready for another attempt. The second attempt is always made easier by the knowledge gained from the first, so on and so on. Constantly building the climbers confidence and improving posture and movement.

Here we are showing the correct use of a carpet ready for the climber to brush there feet on prior to the ascent. This helps prevent erosion of the crag, your feet act like tiny pieces of sand paper if the grit is not removed.

Looking towards Grindleford.

Looking up towards Eyam and Stoneymiddleton.

Back towards Curbar gap.

Just a little windy, feels like Brimham all over again. see previous Blogs from North Yorkshire.