jacobum1953
I am an experienced rock climber. mountaineer , fell runner and long distance walker with more than fifty five years of activity in the hills. Retired from proper rock climbing but still interested.Location
Sheffield.
Best Climbing Experience
Soloing on gritstone, traversing the Weisshorn alone, wandering in the Himalaya, running the Bob Graham Round and numerous LDWA hundreds and long distance fell races/runs ,mountain marathons, surviving various Alpine North faces ....... Every one of 48 routes on Cloggy, a day of 138 routes alone on Stanage upto E2, an afternoon soloing a dozen long routes in the Llanberis Pass mostly at HVS, multiple Scottish winter classics, eighty plus Alpine routes , twenty plus Alpine 4000ers, half a dozen small Himalayan peaks of 19-20000 feet. numerous long mountain journeys on foot including North -South and S-N crossings of Wales, Nepal, Africa, Pyrenees, Crete, Tyrol, Dhauphine, Spain , Scotland etc, etc.....
Favourite Climbing-Related Discussion Topic
The joyful pointlessness of it all and its history and tradition.
Recent Postings
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Interests Outside Climbing
Walking and running long distances , cycling, literature, cinema, history, old motorcycles, family and avoiding DIY and other domestic duties.
Anything Else We Should Know
Started at Pex Hill in the mid sixties and joined Liverpool Mountaineering Club in 1968 . Studied climbing at Bangor and Sheffield Universities 1971-76. I gave up serious climbing in 1992 after my daughter was born. I always preferred free movement to technicality, quality and quantity to difficulty. Much of contemporary rock climbing is uninspiring to me. Being short, weak and inflexible means I am a very average climber. As a fully fledged " Starlight and Storm" mountain romantic of the WH Murray G Rebuffat persuasion .I rarely tie on now but potter a bit on the rocks and ,surprisingly, enjoy indoor climbing as exercise. An accident and age has reduced my activity but I still get out occasionally , perform modestly and still enjoy soloing the odd easy route.