thedatastream

Likes: winter, mountains, trad, gear, pies, ale, cheese, cycling, fell running and good times.
Regularly found ascending the north face of a full English breakfast or warming up on a cheeseboard traverse.

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Location
Huddersfield

Best Climbing Experience
A week of winter climbing on Ben Nevis with Jonny in near perfect weather in Feb 2013. Awesome adventures and great routes (Tower Ridge, Castle Ridge and The Castle)

Favourite Climbing-Related Discussion Topic
Gear (shiny shiny), local crags and walls, winter fun, running

Recent Postings

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Interests Outside Climbing
My kids, hill walking, fell running, being awesome, cycling (solo and tandem)

About My Photography
point, shoot, hope

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I've voted for 36 photos, average vote 4.9.
(86% superb - 13% good - 0% average - 0% poor - 0% rubbish)

Anything Else We Should Know
its all about the banter!

User Profile

registered 21/Apr/10
updated 26/Feb/13

Age
33

Been Climbing For
1 to 3 years

Best Onsights
Winter - IV
Trad - HVS
Bouldering - font 5+
Sport - 6a

Worked Grades
Sport - 6a+
Bouldering - f6A

Favourite Crag/Rock
Chew, Pembroke, Ben Nevis.

Favourite Wall
ROKT, Depot, Barn (Bingley)

Best Magazine
Summit (BMC)

I Climb...
Most weekends
In the UK

Favourite Climbs
Most fun on grit: Hollybush Crack (Stanage Popular)
1st proper grit jamming: Question Mark (Dovestones Edge)
1st Severe lead: Puttrell's Progress (Wharncliffe)
1st HVS lead: Sweatyman (Shooter's Nab)
Seacliff adventures: Inset Slab (Flimston Bay)
Twilight (Ogden Clough)
Luna (El Chorro)

Latest Climbs
Castle Ridge III
Tower Ridge IV 3
Number Four Gully I
The Castle III
Wetherlam 763m
Black Sails 745m
Swirl How 802m
Brim Fell 796m
The Old Man of Coniston 803m
Evans Above III
Crib y Ddysgl (Carnedd Ugain) 1,065m
Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) 1,085m
Crib Y Ddysgl - Crib Goch Traverse 1
The Snowdon Horseshoe 1
Crib Goch Summit 923m
... list all 370 climbs

Ticklists BETA
Ben Nevis Ridges 40%
Welsh 3,000ers 40%
Puttrell's Progress 11%
Through Routes! 3%
... list all 4 ticklists

Climbs Wishlist
Ledge Route II
Observatory Ridge V 4
North East Buttress IV 4
Big Fun 6a+
The Rib (Guerrera) 6a+
Amptrax 6a
Amphitheatre Buttress VD
Rolling Arete HS 4b
Epitaph HS 4a
Hades VS 4c
... list all 36 climbs