masa-alpin

I started climbing in Japan, then moved to the UK and `found' trad climbing. I fell in love with it immediately. My utmost passion has been and is always mountaineering. Trad is the closest one can get to it. Any one fancy doing wild mountaineering with me?

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Location
Leicester

Best Climbing Experience
UK-winter: Tower Ridge (Ben), UK-summer: Link Cove Gill (Patterdale)
UK-rock: Valkyrie (Roaches Lower Tier)
EU-summer: Arête Küffner (Mont Maudit in French Alps), EU-winter: Les Formes de Chaos (Ceillac)
World-winter: Traverse from Akamine to Nyoho (Nikko, Japan)

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Personal Webpage
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Interests Outside Climbing
Martialarts (Jiu Jitsu and Aikido), Astronomy

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User Profile

registered 02/Jun/06
updated 10/May/13

Been Climbing For
11 to 20 years

Best Onsights
Winter - V
Trad - E3
Ice - WI5
Alpine - TD+

Main Sport/Activity
Mountaineering

Favourite Crag/Rock
Ben Nevis

Favourite Wall
Tower (in Leicester)

Best Magazine
Climb (UK)

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

Latest Climbs
Va Va Voom M8
Bonzai M4
Grooviliscious M4
Pulliscious M6
Orion Face Direct V 5
Thompson's Route IV 4
Adams (they made me) M5
Left Wall M5+
Apple M7
Subculture M6+
Och Aye Wall Indirect VS 5a
Garden Face Direct VS 5a
Nowanda HVS 5a
Garden Face Crack HS 4b
Infirmary Groove S
... list all 697 climbs

Ticklists BETA
100 More Classic British VS Climbs 10%
North Wales E3's 3%
Rebuffat's 100 Finest Routes in the Mont Blanc Massif 4%
Eastern Grit Jamming 34%
UK's best Diffs and V.diffs 13%
Classic Rock 8%
Hard Rock 11%
Top 25 UKC Wishlist Rock Climbs 36%
100 best limestone climbs in Britain 10%
The 100 Best UK VS routes? 6%
... list all 16 ticklists

Climbs Wishlist
East Face Route (Original Route) E1 5b,4c
Supercouloir (Original Route) ED2
The Trident HVS 5a
Freddie's Finale E1 5b
Blue Light's Crack E1 5b
Burning Desire E5 6b
Poacher's Fall V 5
White Nile V 5
Colton-MacIntyre ED1
Forked Lightning Crack E3 5c
... list all 19 climbs