Ander

I'm a superhero created by a secret Government programme. Escaping, I instead used my powers for good.

Traumatised by the clash between virtue and wickedness, I now eke out an existence on the edges of civilisation, in the dismal confines of “The Axis”. Here, in the struggle against selfishness, avarice and conceit, I trust my books and my poetry to protect me. Usually incognito, I’m an outcast and I get dirty looks from strangers in restaurants and bars for laughing way too loud.

My sanctuaries are in the far, frozen North and the barren wastelands of The Peak. The spirit is replenished in an incisive play of adrenaline, several of the earth’s minerals and gravity. I’ll dive to the depths to collect small pearls of wisdom, but I’ve found falling through the air can result in a bump at the end. You’ve got to be able to pick yourself up, apply band-aid, and keep campaigning.

Graduating from pessimist to pragmatist with a healthy dose of hopefulness, I'm cynical, playful, enthusiastic and highly irreverent. I'll whoop your butt at draughts, but probably not at chess and I struggle sometimes with the “its” or “it’s” thing. All superheroes have limits.

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Location
Warks

Best Climbing Experience
Valencianos. No doubt about it. Climax of an awesome week.

Recent Postings

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UKC Volunteer
Moderator for 29 crags, checking missing climbs added to the logbooks: Bix Slade Quarry, Saddle Bay, Monk's Dale, Tilberthwaite Gill, Chapel Crags, Aberglaslyn Gorge, La Crémerie, Lurcher's Crag, Bulliber (Range West), Torr Nead An Eain, Pont y Gromlech Slabs, Mt Kilimanjaro, Bridal Veil Falls, The Suckstone, Rive Droite - Argentiere Glacier, Chase Wood, Craig y Dyniewyd, Piz Buin, Lliwedd Bychan, Spider Buttress, Waterfall Farm Swallet, Pen y Fan, Kilimanjaro, Shelter Crags, Y Graig Wen, Lydbrook Rec wall, Scott's Quarry, Filmston Bay, Easter Butteress

Interests Outside Climbing
Love sitting drinking coffee and reading a book, if I'm not climbing. Preferably somewhere I can sit and watch the ladies.

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Anything Else We Should Know
The average person thinks he isn't.

Remember, I'm a superhero.

User Profile

registered 05/Jan/03
updated 07/Jun/13

Age
37

Been Climbing For
11 to 20 years

Best Onsights
Trad - E2
Ice - WI5
Winter - IV
Alpine - AD

Worked Grades
Trad - E4

Main Sport/Activity
Trad Rock Climbing

Favourite Crag/Rock
Gritstone

Favourite Wall
Redpoint

Best Magazine
Alpinist (US)

I Climb...
Most weekends
In the UK & Europe

Favourite Climbs
Valkyrie (Roaches)
Valencianos (Penon d'Ifach)
Scavenger (Three Cliffs Bay)
Hawks Nest Crack (Froggat)
One for all (Shornecliff)
Meccano Kid (Symonds Yat)
Central Gulley left hand variation (Great End)
Chequers Buttress (Froggat)
Nelson's Nemesis (Birchen)
Apple Arete (Gardoms)
Via Dolorosa (Roaches)

Latest Climbs
Central Arete HVD
Clothesline S 4a
The White Knight VD
Aux Bicyclettes VD
Horizon VD
Sargeant's Gully II 3
Parsley Fern Left-Hand II
Sinister Gully III 4
Torpantau Waterfall III
Idwal Stream II/III 4
Nedre Svingfoss WI3
Tracy's eyes WI3
Deuterium WI2
Anakje WI3
Minidisken WI3
... list all 703 climbs

Ticklists BETA
Classic Rock 19%
North Wales Rock Graded List 2%
Milestone Butress 17%
Eastern Peak Grit 100 VD- VS 41%
Froggatt to Black Rocks (BMC) - The Grade List 12%
Steve Ashton's 100 Classic Gritstone Climbs 20%
Connoisseur's Classic Rock 9%
Dear Santa 7%
Eastern Grit Jamming 24%
29 Routes, 87 Stars, 1 E Point each 29%
... list all 33 ticklists

Climbs Wishlist
Hairy Mary VS 4c
Unicorn E1 5a
Pinnochio HVS 4c
Exposure Explosion HVS 5a
The Angel's Girdle VS 5a
Armorican HVS 5a
Orion Face Direct V 5
Agag's Groove VD
Kinkyboots VS 4c
Mallory's Slab/Great Chimney VD
... list all 114 climbs