Author: Nigel Barry

South Devon Guidebook Launch

Saturday 27th October saw an extremely well attended launch party for the new South Devon Guide, with some presentations by a number of guest speakers. There was a lot of climbing in the newly regenerated south facing Torbay quarries Saturday, […]

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Culm Meet – July 2018

Better weather than last year meant that that the 11 members got some climbing in on Saturday. The guide authors went to check out Smoothlands, there are pictures but cannot be shown in public of them retreating waist deep, rucksac […]

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Meet Report Culm Meet – June

Unfortunately the weather was not kind to the large group of climbers and others who assembled in North Devon. Both Saturday and Sunday started dull and damp and did not clear up until later in the day when the tide […]

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Joshua Tree Meet – Sep/Oct 2016

Rules of American Climbing: The first 10 feet of a route don’t count for the grade Just because it is fully bolted does not mean it’s a sport route Just because there is no R or X doesn’t mean falling […]

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Tuolumne Meet – September 2016

CC Meet September 2015 (Tuolumne Meadows and the Sierra East Side) Seven CC Members and guests met on a cold, wet and smoky Sunday evening at a campsite (@ 9000ft) above Mammoth Lakes (only 15 minutes from its bars and […]

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Update, Caravanserai, Compass Point, North Devon

It is no more, the top 2/3rds is lying on the traverse ledge at 1/3 height. The north side of the ridge has also taken a big rockfall, the ridge top is now much narrower than before. Route also in […]

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Update, Range West Access – Gupton Gate

The access as described in the CC Range West Guide is no longer practicable. The winter storms converted the fishermen’s path onto the north end of Frainslake Beach into a sand cliff, and the army’s attempts at a short diversion […]

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Route Update, Seacombe -Sea Walls, Swanage

Comment Submitted by : Nigel Barry Crag : Seacombe -Sea Walls Date of ascent : 5/7/14 Route name : Far From the Madding Crowd Start location: The access is described as abseiling from 13m east of the end of the […]

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Route Updates, Cligga Head, North Devon & Cornwall

Submitted by: Nigel Barry Crag: Cligga Head – The Central Face (P278) Date: 28/06/14 The Masterdon Mastodon Update: The Masterdon Mastodon has a rockfall, there is no sign of a bollard. The Masterdon Mastodon and Two Fair Maidens are now the […]

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