SteveM

After Ironman I'm back climbing and remembering all the reasons why I love this sport. And why climbing really is a mind game :-/

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Location
Knaresborough/Otley

Best Climbing Experience
Topping out, everytime. That feeling of getting away with it, again.

Favourite Climbing-Related Discussion Topic
Aid and ethics; trad ethics; winter beta; overseas venues what-i-have-been-to; training and what-not-to-do.

Recent Postings

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Personal Webpage
http://www.bad-altitude.co.uk

Articles by SteveM

• El Capitan, Yosemite Mar/2006

UKC Volunteer
Moderator for 4 crags, checking missing climbs added to the logbooks: Ilkley (Rocky Valley), Greetland Quarry, Mam Tor, Bamford Quarry

Interests Outside Climbing
Paragliding, though I'm not really current on airmanship. Triathlon. Fell running. Being out in the open air...

About My Photography
Most shots taken with a compact digital. Minor editing in GiMP. See more on my website.

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Anything Else We Should Know
"We do not rise to the level of our expectations. We fall to the level of our training." - Tao Te Ching

User Profile

registered 04/Jan/05
updated 23/Apr/13

Age
40

Been Climbing For
11 to 20 years

Best Onsights
Trad - E3
Aid - A2
Winter - V

Worked Grades
Sport - 6c
Indoor - 7a+
Bouldering - V5
Bouldering - f6B

Favourite Crag/Rock
Froggatt Edge
Gritstone

Favourite Wall
Climbing Works

Best Magazine
Alpinist (US)

I Climb...
Several times a week
All over the world

Latest Climbs
V Chimney and Traverse S 4a
Fluted Crack S 4b
Kiernan's Traverse and Rough Crack S 4a
Left Hand Route VS
Flake S
Flake Wall VS 4b
Hovis E1 5c
Slingsby's Chimney HVD 4a
Crease Direct - Route E1 6a
Crease VS 5a
Rushlight S
Octopus Direct VS 4c
Twin Pockets font 3
Green Runnel font 3+
Green Runnel Sitter font 4
... list all 3618 climbs

Ticklists BETA
The 3 star way to yorkshire gritstone's heaven 15%
Steve Ashton's 100 Classic Gritstone Climbs 64%
ROCKFAX Eastern Grit: Top 500 63%
Stanage Routes Graded List 46%
Classic Rock 37%
Burbage, Millstone and Beyond Routes Graded List 20%
Caley bouldering hero 33%
Best slab climbs of the UK 10%
ROCKFAX Eastern Grit: Top 50 65%
Top 20 Gritstone UKC Wishlist Climbs 55%
... list all 20 ticklists

Climbs Wishlist
Stanage VSs XS 6a
Red Square E2 5b
No Q VS 5a
Long Times HVS 5a
The Plum E1 5b
The Arrow E1 5b
Cemetery Gates E1 5b
Chequers Buttress HVS 5a
Scar E2 5c
London Wall E5 6a
... list all 15 climbs