Ian Archer

Best known for my epics!

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Location
Birmingham

Best Climbing Experience
Winter - solo of the Idwal stream, finishing the last 200 feet with the ice reflecting the moonlight - no headtorch
Most of my epics!

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• Clachaig: Just out from the Slash concert in Bham - ears now bleeding 09-Oct-12
• Clachaig: First attempt at home cured gravard lax http://t.co/BLkq7FLL 23-Sep-12
• Clachaig: Just heard a radio 2 announcer say game LAMES instead of games Lanes.... 30-Aug-12
• Clachaig: Finally beaten off the crag by midges 26-Aug-12
• Clachaig: Dry climbing in the peaks today http://t.co/h291cIGa 26-Aug-12
• Clachaig: End of a good days climbing at torquay http://t.co/EeEoqEA9 19-Aug-12
• Clachaig: RT @Glinner: Absolutely the worst way to go http://t.co/cNMChwDh... 17-Aug-12
• Clachaig: @knoydartpub hello, a group of us will be on Knoydart in Autumn one... 14-Aug-12
• Clachaig: @thetorridon it will be in the winter for torridon, so see you soon 14-Aug-12
• Clachaig: @thetorridon I feel such a fool! Sorry - wrong bar 14-Aug-12

UKC Volunteer
Moderator for 5 crags, checking missing climbs added to the logbooks: Carnedd Y Filiast (Cairn of the Greyhound Bitch), The Wrekin, Creigiau'r Dena, Idwall Quarry / Tin Can Alley, Longcliffe

Interests Outside Climbing
Snowboarding
Firework displays
Tony Hancock Radio Series
Photography
Hot mince pies with brandy butter

PHOTO GALLERY Click to View all 64 photos in Ian Archer's gallery.

Click to list photo comments written by me. (20 comments)
I've voted for 442 photos, average vote 4.4.
(62% superb - 24% good - 7% average - 2% poor - 1% rubbish)

Anything Else We Should Know
I've set fire to the bishop of Coventry

User Profile

registered 24/Feb/03
updated 11/Jan/12

Been Climbing For
11 to 20 years

Best Onsights
Winter - V
Trad - E1
Aid - A3
Ice - WI2

Worked Grades
Via Ferrata - VF4C

Main Sport/Activity
Mountaineering

Favourite Crag/Rock
Tryfan
Welsh igneous

Favourite Wall
Creation Wall

I Climb...
Most weekends
All over the world

Favourite Climbs
Tower Ridge
Main Wall
Demo Route
Waved Slab - Carnned-y- Filliast
Hirondells ridge
Peutery Ridge
Svolvear Goat

Latest Climbs
Canopy Route D
Shark Pinnacle M
Shark Buttress 3
False Chicane VD
The South Ridge S
Grasper VS 5a
Bastion Face D
Bastion Corner VD
Not-so-central Route S
Rocking Stone Ridge VD
Central Slabs VD
Red Sky Rib D
The Catwalk D
Route One (Red Slab) VD
Longcliffe Pinnacle M
... list all 1068 climbs

Ticklists BETA
Top 23 UKC Climbed Climbs 78%
Western Peak Grit 100 VD - VS 42%
Stanage; Diffs on the cliffs 19%
Every Climb at Windgather 20%
Through Routes! 26%
Steve Ashton's 100 Classic Gritstone Climbs 36%
Menlove Routes 32%
Harborough beginners day out 100%
Connoisseur's Classic Rock 26%
Twelve fine routes in the lower grades at the Roaches 100%
... list all 12 ticklists

Climbs Wishlist
Northern Pinnacles (summer) M
Ceannacroc Couloir II
Temporary Lifestyle HS 4b
Traverse AD+
What's My Line? 5.6 ao
Klassische Uberschreitung - Classic Traverse 4+
Whorneyside Force II/III
Shark's Fin HS 5a
Mummy's Church VD
Cliviger gorge WI2
... list all 125 climbs