Author: Peri Stracchino
Peri discovered climbing about 15 years ago and despite all evidence to the contrary continues to believe she can improve if she tries harder. She loves ice and snow, bouldering, trad, sport, sea cliffs, uk mountain routes and silly offwidths. Specially the silly off widths.

Halloween Meet Meet – 2017

19 of us turned up for the final meet of the year. Most of us arrived on Friday, armed with pumpkins and Halloween tat, and spent the evening fixing cobwebs, spiders and assorted rubber vermin about the hut. Graham even […]

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Cake n Cheese n Mix n Match meet – Oct 2016

Hold hard a minute, then!’ said the Climbers. They parked the vans, climbed into the depths of various crates and sacs, and after a short interval reappeared staggering under fat cake boxes. ‘What’s inside them?’ the climbers asked each other, […]

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Rjukan Ice – CC Meet 2015

This year’s Rjukan ice trip was sadly without Smiler, but luckily not without smiles. Although, it was looking for a while as if the crew might be rather depleted, due to a spate of injuries and illness. First, a handful […]

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Bouldering Coaching Meet 2014

Bouldering Coaching Meet 2014, Downes Hut Attendees: Alison Cairns, Peri Stracchino, Astrid Saxby, Andy Saxby, Clair Wilson, Steve Blackman and of course our coach for the weekend Andy Swann. Last years meet was obviously enjoyed by everyone including the coach […]

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