Small rocks, big objectives.
Down-Town Wales
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Cave Conditions Seizing Season
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Big Si on his first cave visit, sampling ‘Titans’ (7B).
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Shakey Graves (8A/+) Another new one I put up a few months back, getting a test drive by fyfeeboywonder
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An age old mini roof at Porthcawl that I took a while to actually get round to. Turns out it’s a powerful… instagram.com/p/BzAbsNLjh0m/… – at Porthcawl, Wales
The Origin (8B+) • Dinas Rock • First Ascent
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Been a few weeks since putting this one away. Likely South Wales’ hardest boulder. Took some work. Days with poor skin, days with poor conditions, days poor on pads… instagram.com/p/By5lEzZjitY/… – at Wales, United Kingdom
Sometimes the true challenges are the ones we choose not to see. The ones that will require another level of us. Now I see
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Bit of training this morning while getting the shots for the upcoming Guide. Equal Opportunities Wall. Proper opportunities here
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In Between Ops (7C+)
Left Hand Sans (7C)
Tough Order (8A)
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🎥 @HDrockFilms… instagram.com/p/Bx5CzsRDTUo/… – at Southgate, Wales
Lost in Humanity (8B/V13) • An exercise in new school trickery combined with old school power. A great new one from fyfeeboywonder
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This was also an exercise in almost falling off every move on the send go,… instagram.com/p/Bxurw0-DjIX/…
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South Wales is certainly seeing another surge of development with 3 problems all in the 8B range developed in the last month, and more left to be done
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Last year the boys… instagram.com/eliotstephens/…
It’s with heavy heart that I elect not to visit South Africa this year. What a place. The hub of summer bouldering. To console myself I decided to edit up a video with some… instagram.com/eliotstephens/…
Starting to feel the wheels turning again, after a less than ideal first quarter of 2019.
The objectives are lined up, and the motivation and is there. This last week has… instagram.com/eliotstephens/…
Hide and seek 🔎
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A couple of shots from yesterday’s new one down South, ‘The Woodshed’ (8A+) • A great old project with some aggressive compression on edges and an arete. Always good to move… instagram.com/eliotstephens/…
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Real Rock. Real Sunshine. Real good
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paddy_buchan on a 7A that’s more 7C at Ogmore by Sea 🌊
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Another Oxwich throwback, this one with Lurch aka ash_wolseyheard doing his thing and keepin things nice and slow. Shutter speed of 10 does fine when shooting stills of this guy
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Bloc… instagram.com/p/BslIQQHhu0-/…
Well, nothing is permanent as they say. Here’s a throwback to March 2017 at Oxwich Bay; the day I made the 2nd ascent of ‘Mabinogion’ 8B.
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Today, this thing is buried under a mountain… instagram.com/p/Bsf47mBhxbo/… – at Wales, United Kingdom
Good to take a break from the confines of your own training occasionally to calibrate on another set of problems. Yesterday was one of those days.
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Had a session at @bouldersuk… instagram.com/p/BrIfuLkBoE8/… – at Cardiff, Wales
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Good to take a little step away from the confines of your own training occasionally to calibrate on another set of problems. Yesterday was one of those days.
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Had a little session on… instagram.com/p/BrIfHMih72L/… – at Cardiff, Wales
This will be the last time I mention Sweden. But I firmly believe that this trip will stick in my mind as one of the best ever. It delivered a rare combination of factors that motivate me… instagram.com/p/BqKry1GhxUY/…
Here’s a little 🎥 section from Part 1 of our Vastervik trip. Full video link in my bio. Only another 15 odd blocs to edit for Part 2. Spoilt for choice, just as we were there...
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I… instagram.com/p/BpkDBfSlktM/…
Still looking back fondly on those 10 Swedish days. If there’s a boulder that comes close to describing the trip, it’s this one: ‘Animal Act’ (8A) •
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We were out in the forest, dawn… instagram.com/p/Bo9ap3ejMoQ/…
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